Conservative leader Trevor Bolin says, ‘We are flattered the official opposition (BC Liberals) shared our same concerns from a month earlier’
Nearly a month ago (June 19th), Conservative Party of BC leader, Trevor Bolin, remarked to me that the party is “... hoping that Victoria has an effective restart plan, keeping in mind the BC forest industry was struggling before COVID-19 ... and long term plans for forestry, mining, energy and
agriculture
need to be included so all regions of BC can emerge stronger.”
He went
on to say, “We would support a reduction - or removal - of PST on hotels,
restaurants and fuel, and a removal of the carbon tax to encourage a rebound in
tourism and help all British Columbians”.
“Once
Dr. Bonnie Henry gives us the okay to open the province up, to more tourism,
the old adage of ‘BC’ equals ‘Bring Cash’ needs to end. Punitive
taxes have been milking tourists for years.”
And
further, on the taxes we as British Columbians pay to government?
"We
are suffering death by a thousand punitive taxes ... all consumption taxes are
regressive, and”, he continued, “they impact the poor more than the
wealthy”.
Now, earlier this week, several provincial media outlets were reporting that the BC Liberals were
calling on the NDP government of Premier John Horgan to put a temporary
halt on sales taxes.
In just
one of the news stories (from News 1130) Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson was
quoted saying, “When we’ve been successful combating COVID-19, we should be
more advanced in our recovery plan. We shouldn’t be waiting for the situation
to resolve itself elsewhere before we get going on rebuilding British Columbia.”
Okay
... so look above ... at the comments of Trevor Bolin.
See anything familiar?
Last
night, I asked for his thoughts on the similarities -- he just laughed, while saying ... “We
are flattered the official opposition shared our same concerns from a month
earlier".
“We’re
taking the concerns of British Columbians seriously. In next October’s
provincial election, we’ll have a full package of grass roots policies and platforms
that people expect from a party represented by the people, for the people of BC”.
“And,
we will be backed by stellar candidates across the province”, Bolin
concluded.
My comment is that the BC Libs never met a tax they didn't like. Everything from them imposing the carbon tax in the first place to them jacking MSP premiums up basically shows their hand openly.
ReplyDeleteI am skeptical of the BC Libs as their words are usually pretty hollow. It is pretty simple to stand on a podium and shake a fist at the government but the Libs have no real credibility. No one can trust them. Not after the endless scandals that they had or their abysmal fiscal record.
BC needs a better option. Mr. Bolin better remember this. He is at this time an option for people of that perspective and he needs to show what the difference is between the BC Conservatives and the BC Libs.
Thanks for taking the time to comment and ensuring I was able to hear your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteAs we continue to work hard ensuring British Columbians know who I am as leader of the Conservatives, our policies, platforms and Made in B.C. plan will also become a lot more widely known.
We are certainly very different from the B.C. Liberals, and are positive people from all over this province will see why we are the best choice to lead B.C. and her people.