Thoughts on BC Politics and More

It’s day seven, and as usual, it’s time to take a look at this weeks most read articles.   The election campaign, and the end of it, had the most read commentaries – in fact, all but one! So, with the election taking place tomorrow … let’s get underway with … #10 … GORDON WILSON – Trudeau’s been the main target of his rivals , May, Singh and Scheer, who have been relentless and personal in their efforts to point out this man’s imperfections (October 17 th ) … there is only one outcome in this federal election that makes any sense to me and that is to restore a majority Liberal government in Ottawa. Why? Because Canada will only survive as a nation if we recognize that this country, Canada, is greater than the sum of its parts … #9 … McLeod -- Having served in a minority and majority government, and opposition, I’ve come to recognize and value the important democratic process we have - each role is important (October 14 th ) … I feel li...

Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party of Canada (Facebook) Yesterday (September 23 rd ), Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer announced that a new Conservative government would introduce four new measures to make it easier for first-time homebuyers to buy a home. “ With his poor judgement and tax hikes, Justin Trudeau has put the dream of home ownership further out of reach for so many, especially young Canadians ,” Scheer said. “ As Prime Minister, I will fix his bad policies and work to get more homes on the market to lower the price of housing .” That would seem to be good news, based on an article in Canadian Mortgage Trends from just four weeks ago (August 21 st ), which quoted Matt Fabian, TransUnion’s director of Financial Services Research and Consulting “... there are signs of some potentially unintended consequences. We have started to see an uptick in co-borrowing as the means of getting a foothold on the property ladder, where multiple consumers make an application...

And the some-what muted hits by the CBC, on the Conservative Party of Canada, continue unabated.   In fact, they appear to be increasing as we hit the six-month mark before October’s federal election. In a Radio Canada News story dated May 2 nd (please note English translation provided by Liberal supporter John O’Fee) stated: All political parties in Ottawa - with the exception of Andrew Scheer's Conservatives - say they are prepared to submit their election promises to the Parliamentary Budget Officer's analysis for this fall's vote. For the first time ever this year, Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux will offer parties the opportunity to calculate the costs of their election commitments . Beginning June 23, the government's "watchdog" on financial matters will suspend its regular activities to focus entirely on requests from political parties that want a neutral estimate of the costs of their promises. On Facebook Wed...