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“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

FORSETH – Going to deliver bad news? Governments do it late Friday afternoon, or in this case, in the middle of the night

It’s pretty well known that if a government – any government – is going to have bad news, or is hopeful something will be missed, it will be delivered late on a Friday afternoon ... To that we can now add -- the middle of the night. At the stroke of 12am last night (see above screen shot), I received an email from BCStats Infoline. In that email, they stated that: Building Permits - The value of building permits issued by B.C. municipalities climbed (+7.1%, seasonally adjusted) in December, adding to a slight (+0.8%) increase recorded in November. Residential permits jumped (+22.4%), more than reversing the previous month’s (-6.5%) loss. Here's the thing though ... clicking on the Read More link was where the real information of note was located.   It was where to find one more sign of how WRONG Carol James is when she talks about the alleged strength of our economy in BC. Yes indeed figures released from BC Stats did indeed show the value of buil...

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