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Category Archives: Christy Clark
What’s Paragon’s Lobbyist got to hide?
Remember T Richard Turner? T Richard Turner of “called the minister to make sure my roof went through” fame? T Richard Turner of “sure I was the Chairman of the BC Lottery Corporation while a partner in a Casino company … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, Christy Clark
Tagged Paragon, T Richard Turner, Vic Poleschuk
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HST driving BC vote patterns?
Is the BC Liberal Christy Party hamstrung by the HST? That’s one question raised by a new Angus Reid poll on the Premier’s HST strategy. The poll, released Friday night by CTV news, shows the HST continues to be mighty … Continue reading
Liar, liar: Courts on fire
For the last two day the NDP has been hammering the Clark government over the sad state of BC’s justice System after eleven years of BC Liberal cuts. Opposition Leader Adrian Dix led off question period Wednesday with a question … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, Christy Clark
Tagged Adrian Dix, BC Attorney General, Daniel Steinberg, Mike de Jong, Shirley Bond, Wally Oppal
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Another great week…
…For the Premier. It started with shifting the throne speech from the leg to the Bill Good show. Moved immediately to the Ombudsman’s devastating report on seniors care in the province, which was followed by Dix creaming Clark on BC’s … Continue reading
Bill Good hearts Christy Clark
Bill Good’s making it official. His show is now an arm of the BC Liberal communications operation. From Andrew MacLeod’s Tyee piece: “In place of a formal Throne Speech, the Premier will be appearing on CKNW’s Bill Good Show to … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, BC Rail, Christy Clark
Tagged Bill Good, CKNW, Rebecca Scott, shill
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BC Rail odds and ends
I know I used this picture just the other day. But check out the words behind the salesman… “BC Rail Partnership Investment”. Partnership Investment? How did the sale of BC Rail to CN turn into a “partnership investment”? The answer … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, BC Rail, Christy Clark
Tagged BC Rail, Chris Trumpy, Gordon Campbell
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Your open government in operation
“Let’s make like the HST and move the BC Rail disclosure back, after the election… if ever.” I may be putting words in the government’s mouth but that’s just about the only takeaway I can figure out from the notice … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, BC Rail, Christy Clark
Tagged Basi Virk, FOI, FOIPP, Open government
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Oops, Dennis Skulsky is doing it again
Under Dennis Skulsky’s reign, the Vancouver Sun turned into an outright shill for Gordon Campbell’s Liberals. My favourite advertorial was the double page, ‘We love you, Gordon Campbell’ spread two days after the drunk driving charge in Maui. You … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, Christy Clark
Tagged BC Liberal Caucus, BC Lions, Dennis Skulsky, Ida Chong
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BC Rail revisited
“Premier Gordon Campbell announced a partnership with CN Rail that will significantly improve rail service in B.C. CN will sign a lease to operate BC Rail for the next 60 years in exchange for $1 billion. Although many critics are trying to … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, BC Rail, Christy Clark
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Blogger right, MSM wrong
Congratulations to Norm Farrell, who writes one of the best Canadian blogs going over at Northern Insights. Norm’s been writing about the small, incestuous relationship between BC’s legislative Press Gallery and the BC Liberal government for a while now. And … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, Christy Clark
Tagged CBC, Kirk LaPointe, Norman Ferrell, Premier Christy Clark, Rebecca Scott, Stephen Smart
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