Help the private sector, and then leave the job creation to them. So … what’s taking so long?

The first three workers begin employment
on the much announced Evergreen Line

Finally --- Christy Clark's Jobs program has people employed in the Evergreen Line project. Trouble is they are only the people hired to install the "See what we are doing for you" signs that are re-re-re-re-announcing this project.

I know I am being cynical, however, given how long this on-going re-announced project is taking; the signs going up will likely be long faded before any actual work begins.

On another quick note today, the Province Newspaper has a story “Premier Christy Clark promises to cut red tape for mining firms”, which began by saying:

B.C.'s mineral developers can count on the government to cut red tape and clear the way for mining expansion, Premier Christy Clark told the Association of Mineral Exploration (B.C.) on Wednesday.

Speaking at the association's annual roundup, Clark stressed the link between making it easier for mining companies to expand and the creation of good-paying jobs, the primary goal of government's so-called jobs plan.

QUESTION: “Didn't Christy already announce this during her photo-op tour in the late Fall?”

Hmmm ... I was just on Liberal MLA Bill Bennett’s website, where on September 22, 2011 he posted the following comments from Christy Clark: