The Blame Game

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MrCampbell'sShinyPrivateNeighbourhood

From the AP:

PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia -- A large British Columbia ferry hit a rock and sank off the Queen Charlotte Islands in rough weather early Wednesday, but authorities said all 101 passengers and crew members were safe.

And it was good to hear the CEO of (the long ago privatized) BC Ferries David Hahn and premier Gordon Campbell praise the (still unionized) crew for doing an amazing job to save everyone on a sinking ship, in rough seas, in the middle of the night.

But why is it that Mr. Campbell can never waste an opportunity to blame previous governments for things that happen on his watch:

"Everyone in B.C. knows that the capital plan of the ferries was allowed to deteriorate through the decade of the 90s,"

Is there nothing that this man won't attempt to spin regardless the situation?

Of course, two can play that kind of stupid game. Me, I sure am happy to see all that extra 'reservation' money going into shiny new facades for the terminal walls. And who needs cotter pins in propellers as long as we've got plasma TVs in the kids' play areas anyway?

But since Mr Campbell raised it, the larger point is this: Just like the dysfunctional MCFD and the dysfunctional regional health authorities that were created by his government and his ideology, Mr. Campbell owns BC Ferries now because, over the last five years he has made it what it is today.

Or, to turn a phrase in the pop culture vernacular.....

Glen Clark is Way Done Gone, Davey Hahn.

So stop this political blame-game business with (what used to be) our ferries. Let the saftety board do it's job, find out out what happened, and then fix the problem.

OK?

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