Today we have a guest comment / opinion piece from my friend, BC Conservative, and former MP Jim Hart. An analogy, if you will, of lawn cutting, and BC Politics
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Looking at the recent political party polls in BC, one wonders exactly
what it all means to the average family, guy or gal when it comes to real life
in BC. So I decided I would analyze the recent polls by adding a task that most
British Columbians will face in the coming weeks. As the groundhog has
haphazardly told us that spring is just around the corner, I pose the question:
Which BC political leader would be the best person to hire to cut your lawn?
Here's what the polls suggest.
BC Green Party – Jane Sterk,
is the most unlikely to accomplish the job as she would want to pass
legislation to make Kentucky bluegrass or Canada Green an endangered plant
life.
Instead of cutting the grass we would all be transplanting our lawns
and relocating them to a government nature site or new provincial park, where
grass would be protected and allowed to grow in an effective
government-supervised fashion. Cutting and trimming devices would have to be
registered in a government database to protect innocent plant life.
BC Liberals – Christy Clark
would promise to get the job done on time and on budget while creating more
jobs. The project would be more expensive than offered by other parties,
largely due to the Liberal carbon tax, set to increase just as the cutting and
trimming season kicks into full gear.
Decisions would have to be made on whether the front or back lawn is a
priority, although public consultation would be non-existent as the Premier's
office would make the final decision. And, in order to promote Asia Pacific
trade, Clark
e would use a Toro to carve out CHRISTY in big letters in the
grass.
All in all she does a tidy job, but never finishes, because she wanders
away to ask the neighbors in nearby Alberta and Saskatchewan how they cut their
lawns.
NDP – Adrian Dix would tell us that mega projects like this should be
undertaken by the government for the very best results. Committees would be
struck to make government decisions on important issues such as: push or power,
rotary or reel, trim then rake or the other way around?
Government studies would be conducted on the benefits of fertilizing
and reseeding instead of mowing. The NDP government concern over the endangered
dandelion would shape the debate. A Royal Commission would be convened to study
the issue and a moratorium on lawn care would be put in place during the months
of June, July and August.
Taxes would be increased and billions spent on surveys, studies and
strategies to tell British Columbians what is best for them when it comes to
private, corporate and government lawn care.
BC Conservatives - as a new party leader on the political
scene, John Cummins, using the common sense of common people, would say
government has no business in private citizen’s choices on lawn care. He would
axe the carbon tax to reduce the burden on energy.
His government would get out of the way of individuals and business by
cutting red tape instead of lawns. He would tell us that if we want our lawns
to look right, do it yourself.
BC Conservatives would then take care of real government priorities
like health care, education and taxes. He would remind us that the two
fundamental rules of a political system in a free society are: mind your own
business and keep your hands to yourself. He would embrace the concept that a
dollar in the hands of a private citizen or entrepreneur is more effective than
a dollar in the hands of a politician or government bureaucrat.
Polls are merely a snapshot of a moment in time – the business of
governing our province will affect us for years to come. Having a choice is a
democratic privilege, and having more than two choices in BC is an imperative.
Again, Conservative Thoughts from former MP, and BC Conservative Jim Hart, who makes his home in Vernon.
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