Thoughts on BC Politics and More

  Here are my thoughts on the BC NDP's budget:   Since the NDP took power through this budget, the NDP have increase public sector employees by 180,000 jobs. That is about a 60% increase in the public payroll. The provincial budget has increased by 45% under the NDP. This at a time when inflation will have only increased by about 14%. In other words, spending in increasing 3 times faster than inflation. It is also increasing about 3 times faster than economic growth (GDP).   NDP have introduced 23+ new or increased taxes. Provincial debt in just 6 years will DOUBLE from $65 billion to $127 billion.     And what will we get from all of this unsustainable, uncontrolled spending? By the end of this budget period, just 2% GDP growth. In other words, the NDP are massively expanding the size of government and are paying virtually NO attention to expanding the economy to pay for it.   BC has become very uncompetitive. Our productivity is dropping and our ability to attract i

Yesterday, the tragedy of hundreds of lives lost due to drugs, addictions, and a poisoned drug supply was reported on once again – but was anyone listening? Have we tuned out to the monthly reports of lives lost?   Month after month the BC Coroner’s Service announces the raw numbers of men and women ... husbands and wives ... brothers and sisters ... fathers and mothers ... that have been lost.   Immediately on the heels of that comes a statement from the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Sheila Malcolmson, declaring what a tragedy it is. What follows are the last seven months worth of “talk” about the situation ... about how those lives are being mourned ... about the sorrow felt ... the heartbreaking loss ... about those grieving ... not allowing this tragedy to continue ... And yet -- month after month -- it does. Some of the most sick individuals in society are praying upon those suffering from the horrendous effects of addictions – and worse yet – they are poisoning th

Yesterday, on social media, NDP government Labour Minister Harry Bains stated, “Keeping workers safe, while reducing risks to businesses, is our priority.”   Meanwhile in the legislature, Premier Horgan, after a full year of promising to implement sick pay for workers with COVID-19 or those having to self-isolate due to possible infections, once again pledged that it will be “happening in the days ahead.”   “While B.C.’s Conservatives welcome the initiative towards providing time off for workers to receive their COVID vaccine, let’s be clear about one thing,” stated party leader Trevor Bolin this morning. “The NDP are offering more incentives for vaccinations than they are for those, who after a year of following guidelines and safety protocols, still can’t get paid time off to recover if they become infected with the virus -- before they’ve had a chance to receive their vaccine.”   Speaking from his home in Fort St. John, the Conservative leader continued, “I am asking for