Maybe she can find the savings by eliminating excessive bonuses

Several days ago the Vancouver Sun featured a story that indicated, came news that ... "A popular program that brought science learning to hundreds of thousands of children across the province will come to an end after Premier Christy Clark’s BC Liberal government stopped its funding."

The story said that Science World, “… will no longer be able to run the BC Program for the Awareness and Learning of Science (BC PALS), which included a series of educational science programs in communities across the province.”

Many will find this a puzzling action for the provincial government, especially in light of Christy Clark praising the work being done, and the importance of having children involved and plugged in to science.

Premier Christy Clark at Science World following
completion of renovations (November 2011)

As the Globe and Mail reminded us in a story on June 29, 2012:
At a splashy media event held at Science World to unveil new renovations last November, Ms. Clark talked about how important the facility was to growing interest in the subject among young people. The Premier mentioned how her own son, Hamish, had visited the attraction dozens of times himself, spurring an interest in science-related career possibilities.

The story quoted Premier Clark, from last Novembers photo-op at Science World:
“In order to maintain our competitive edge, it’s important we support Science World and their programs that foster the pursuit of science in our children and throughout the community, so we have the bright young people to fill those jobs when they become available.”

So what has made this program any less important, to Christy Clark and her Liberal government, than it was last year?

If you believe this program is important, and should be continued, why not take a moment to send her an email; the address is premier@gov.bc.ca.

Maybe she can find the savings by eliminating excessive bonuses for CEO's and Executives at crown corporations and agencies like BC Ferries and Community Living BC.

I’m Alan Forseth in Kamloops, with the thoughts of one conservative.