So where do the BC Conservatives stand on things. Unlike Christy Clark and Adrian Dix, BC Conservative party leader John Cummins has been crystal clear;
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| Can anyone explain what NEW jobs, and the development needed for them to occur, the BC Liberals actually do support? |
The BC Liberals say that they want to encourage investment and job creation, but do they, really? When a controversial project is proposed, does Christy Clark show leadership? Or does she sit on the fence, waiting to see which way the wind blows?
Does anybody think this will change under an NDP government
led by Adrian Dix? They seem to believe it’s okay to reject every new proposal
of capital investment that comes along. The NDP of course, are not opposed to
new jobs … they just believe that all new jobs should be created in the public
sector ... government jobs in other words.
The BC Conservatives are not afraid to take tough positions … and we are not afraid of straight talk either. We believe that policies to encourage new investment must be a top priority for BC's next government. And, we know and have stated that a major component of new investment must be the creation of high-paying jobs.
That led a friend of mine from social media to ask;
Al, what are some examples? I am not meaning to be a smart
ass, but was curious which projects this would encompass. Does this mean the BCCP is in favour of all
of them? Some of them? This interests because much of my work relates to this
sort of stuff and I wonder what the process would look like under the BC Conservatives.
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| Under both NDP & Liberal led governments, wages and salaries for good well-paying resource and industrial sector jobs (as a % of GDP in BC), has shrunk by 5%. Meantime CEO's / management, in government ministries and agencies, have been busy awarding themselves a number of pay raises and bonuses. This while the number of front line workers, who actually deliver services, has been reduced. |
Well ... both NDP and BC Liberals talk out of both sides
of their mouths when it comes to development --- BUT one thing you will NOT
hear them say is that they are in favor of moving forward on resource
development and large scale projects.
That's because they fear what MIGHT be coming
at them from environmental groups.
BC Conservatives on the other hand have said we WELCOME development -- and the well-paying union, and spin-off jobs (family supporting jobs) that will come from it.
When Mike Harcourt led the NDP to power in 1991, wages and salaries accounted for 56.6% of our provinces gross domestic product. Now, after two decades of NDP incompetence and BC Liberal mismanagement, that has dropped to 51.7% of GDP.
YES ... we will ensure tough environmental guidelines are in place, but OUR starting point is in having a renewed priority, and belief, in economic development – and especially on the creation of high-paying jobs.
This is how we differ from NDP and BC Liberals ... We
believe in carrying out responsible, FACT-BASED stewardship of the environment. A BC Conservative government will base its decisions on the best available SCIENTIFIC data ... not emotional rhetoric.
