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| The year end with news we may now be paying HST, on our bills and purchases, for well into 2013 |
As we go into the last week of the year, we have one more opportunity
to review and look overt the stories that made the news this week. Next week, on Conservative Thoughts, I will
be taking a break so that’s it until 2012 … except for me to take this opportunity
to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas … and a safe and Happy New Year.
Now … here are the stories that made the news this week -- each
headline is linked to the full original story.
… politically embarrassing … the lack-lustre performance can't be
excused by noting that Campbell had nasty little (or maybe not so little)
recessions at the beginning and the end of his term, because so did all the
other provinces that B.C. is being compared to … further such embarrassment is
a key factor in why Clark decided not long after she took over from Campbell to
pull the plug on the board … it's not just one province's performance that is
being measured - it's all the others' as well …
Jordan Bateman, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation,
said du Toit's severance deal defies common sense. "This is another
ridiculous payout from government to senior staff. We've seen these over and over again this
year." … living allowance always
troubled the federation. "I mean,
it's not like she was a pauper in the first place. She was pulling down significant amounts of
money in salary." …
"We're not in this to come second," Cummins said. "We
are in this to win. I think this is a small 'c' conservative neck of the woods,
and I think that given that we really are the only small 'c' conservative party
in British Columbia, our platform will certainly resonate with the folks
here."
