We live in a free society where free enterprise provides us with the
businesses we can shop at, for the goods and services we require. That said, we are also free to determine
where we will shop, and spend our hard earned dollars.
I say this because Integrity BC is currently running a campaign called “Who Really Runs BC”.
The purpose of
the campaign is to have the BC government, "... amend the province's
electoral finance laws to ban donations by both big business and big unions to
BC's political parties, to cap annual individual donations and to appoint a
Citizens' Assembly to make binding recommendations on a host of additional
reforms."
As they say on their website, “each of these steps will help restore accountability, transparency and integrity to BC politics, because by bringing the influence of big money to an end we can change BC politics – for the better."
Integrity BC is running advertising promoting the "Who Really Runs
BC?” campaign, however the Jim Pattison sign company, one of the largest in the world, refuses to run it. That campaign again is
calling for a ban of donations by BOTH unions and business to political
parties.
The Jim Pattison Group has $7.2 billion in sales, and employs 33,000 people in 455 locations. Jim Pattison is a multimillionaire -- he obviously likes to make money -- so why the ban??
I say this because Integrity BC is currently running a campaign called “Who Really Runs BC”.
As they say on their website, “each of these steps will help restore accountability, transparency and integrity to BC politics, because by bringing the influence of big money to an end we can change BC politics – for the better."
The Jim Pattison Group has $7.2 billion in sales, and employs 33,000 people in 455 locations. Jim Pattison is a multimillionaire -- he obviously likes to make money -- so why the ban??
You may not know this, and you can decide if you think this has any
impact on the decision or not, but Jim Pattison’s Great Pacific Capital
Corporation was the biggest donor to the BC Liberals in 2010 with a donation of
$208 thousand dollars.
As a businessman Jim Pattison is free to do what he wants; but I happen to think that the choice of his sign company not to run ads by Integrity BC is totally wrong, biased, and discriminatory.
That being the case, perhaps financial pressure on his companies such as the Overwaitea Food Group (Save-On Foods, Overwaitea, Coopers, Price Smart and Urban Fair) would be in order, with people deciding to shop elsewhere for their groceries??
Comments directly to the Overwaitea Food Group also might be a good idea. I called their 800 number to let them know what I thought. Here’s the information if you care to do the same:
As a businessman Jim Pattison is free to do what he wants; but I happen to think that the choice of his sign company not to run ads by Integrity BC is totally wrong, biased, and discriminatory.
That being the case, perhaps financial pressure on his companies such as the Overwaitea Food Group (Save-On Foods, Overwaitea, Coopers, Price Smart and Urban Fair) would be in order, with people deciding to shop elsewhere for their groceries??
Comments directly to the Overwaitea Food Group also might be a good idea. I called their 800 number to let them know what I thought. Here’s the information if you care to do the same:
Overwaitea Food Group
Toll Free: 1 (800) 242-9229
Email: customer_service@owfg.com
Toll Free: 1 (800) 242-9229
Email: customer_service@owfg.com
2 comments:
It goes without saying that corporations and Big Business should not be able to contribute to political campaigns because obviously that's who our elected officials will work for...duh. Does Jimmy Pattison have billboards supporting Liberals?
Not sure of the point in your comment, however the campaign by IntegrityBC is for a ban on donations by BOTH unions and business to political parties -- which by the way IS a policy of the BC Conservative Party.
As to the question on whether Pattison has billboards for the Liberals -- he could IF they wished to take them out. My point is, given he likes to make money, why is he NOT accepting the ads for IntegrityBC?
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