CLBC ... Creating Lies, Bedlam, and Chaos

The letters “C”, “L”,”B”, and “C” used to stand for Community Living British Columbia … now, more aptly; they should stand for Creating Lies, Bedlam, and Chaos.

Last Fall, British Columbians were rightly outraged that Executives of Community Living BC were receiving huge bonuses, while at the same time the agency was cutting back on services.  So what did the Liberal government say they would do? 

BC Premier Christy Clark

Christy Clark said, and led us to believe, they had ordered an end to the bonuses.  As we now all know, they waited for 6 or 7 months, and then rolled the ‘bonuses’ into the pay of these same CLBC executives.

Was that honest or truthful?  Not according to Jordan Bateman, of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
"Whether implicitly or between the lines, we were led to believe last fall that the bonus structure was gone. I think most taxpayers thought that meant that money was going to go back into front-line CLBC services where it belongs, and yet now we find out that really nothing's changed, just the way the executives get this money has been altered."

Still, Christy Clark insists that we have it all wrong … that we don’t understand … and that the opposition coming from the BC Conservative Party, the NDP, and the advocacy groups like Moms on the Move, have it all wrong ... and that some are deliberately misrepresenting the facts.

Christy … there is only ONE group misleading the province … that is the BC Liberal party.

DON’T tell us we don’t know the facts!

You told us the bonuses were wrong … they never should have been given … and that they would not ever again be part of the pay structure.

You LIED!

As John Cummins, leader of the BC Conservative Party has said:
"The government admitted they scrapped the bonus pro-gram over public outcry about the closure of group homes and funding cuts for people with developmental disabilities.  Hiding that bonus in base salary is unacceptable.”

He also went on to say that, "We need a government that respects British Columbians as much as it respects the executive levels of the public service."

We do "need a government that respects British Columbians", and doesn’t try to twist the truth to suit its own needs. 

I heard you on the news this morning, Premier Clark, saying we don’t really understand what is happening.  That is arrogant beyond belief!

I know there will be some who will be angry with what I am about to say, but here goes anyways:
Anyone that can support this kind of manipulation of the truth, really needs to re-examine why, and how, they can support a political party that can be this callous, insensitive, and uncaring.

We deserve better from our elected representatives --- we should demand better!

I’m Alan Forseth in Kamloops, with the thoughts of one conservative.  I’d like to hear your thoughts.