Yesterday I was led to write the blog story, “YOU'RE
RIGHT CHRISTY … those are things most British Columbians support”. I
wrote it because despite everything they say, the real story about crime and
protection is that Christy Clark really has NO commitment to it. Truthfully, it seems everyone -- BUT the BC Liberal
Party -- questions their commitment to public protection from criminals and
thugs.
Are you aware of IntegrityBC?? Integrity BC is not some cover for the NDP or
the BC Conservative Party … or any other political group. They are, as they say, “… a non-partisan, non-profit organization
working with citizens, volunteers, activists and political parties to promote,
lobby, pressure, advocate and demand: integrity and accountability in BC.”
They have no axe to grind directly against any political party … they
simply want to have a government that is more accountable to the people of our
province. It seems however they too are
wondering and questioning the priorities of this government.
Here is a post they
had online this morning on their Facebook page:
This
headline last week caught our attention for a fast back-of-the-envelope
calculation. The BC Liberal government
paid $6-million for Dave Basi's and Bobby Virk's legal bill in the BC Rail
trial, even though they plead guilty. BC sheriffs earn $48,055 per year
(contract ending 2010 at $26.31/h). For $6 million, the Liberal government
could hire 60 full-time sheriffs for two years or 24 provincial court judges
for a year to help clear the backlog in BC courts.
Well if the media, and non-partisan groups, are questioning their
commitment, surely to goodness the website for the BC Liberal Party would be
filled with comments and news from Premier Christy Clark, and the Attorney
General, about what they are doing.
If they do, I was NOT able to find them.
Their webpage “In
the News” has all kinds of glowing things about the party … along with a ‘liberal’
sprinkling of negative comments about NDP leader Adrian Dix … and BC
Conservative Party leader John Cummins.
Let’s see … here are some of the headlines from stories they have
posted there:
Premier Christy Clark and Our
Ship Building Contract … hmmm I distinctly recall the Prime Minister saying
that the contract would be awarded ONLY on merit. So what exactly was it that she did to help
our BC ship builders get this contract??
BC targets innovation, job
creation and training. Ah Yes … I
remember that week. It was Christy Clark’s
photo-op tour of the province where she re-announced a number of things that former
Premier Gordon Campbell had previously indicated they would be doing.
