tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post8540562160894186460..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Super-Secret Big $$ BC Liberal Hook-Ups (ctd)...The Shiny Bauble.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-53464148690198000022016-04-06T16:32:22.660-07:002016-04-06T16:32:22.660-07:00Thanks for the clarification Justus--
I would agr...Thanks for the clarification Justus--<br /><br />I would agree with Ron that the fedDippers are way too aggressive with their badgering once they get a whiff of a possibility that you might contribute.<br /><br />. RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50810352578154295302016-04-06T09:31:21.305-07:002016-04-06T09:31:21.305-07:00Ron Wilson: Here's how it actually works:
The...Ron Wilson: Here's how it actually works: <br />The federal NDP and provincial NDP have no financial ties. Money given to your provincial constituency (MLA) is split with the provincial NDP. Money given to the provincial NDP is split with your provincial constituency. <br />Money given to the federal NDP goes to the federal NDP. Money given to your federal NDP constituency (MP) stays in your federal NDP constituency. Justus Havelaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396665577788329245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-43961049576086735232016-04-06T07:58:06.584-07:002016-04-06T07:58:06.584-07:00I think one possible reason 'so few people sup...I think one possible reason 'so few people support the NDP' is because when I thought I donated to Horgan I was quite surprised that my donations actually went to the federal NDP and I have been inundated by federal requests ever since.<br /><br />I want my money to go 100% to unseating Clark and the faux Liberals and I do not wish to support a federal party that is right of the present governing federal party.<br /><br />I will gladly support Horgan but only if it is 100% to Horgan. ron wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395990851263472440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50308956037217343502016-04-05T19:59:08.940-07:002016-04-05T19:59:08.940-07:00JH--
Point well taken.
After all, the BCL bange...JH--<br /><br />Point well taken. <br /><br />After all, the BCL banged the BCNDP like a gong, 3:1 in $ in 2015, mostly on the backs of big money donors.<br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-38145477859413212532016-04-05T18:49:01.252-07:002016-04-05T18:49:01.252-07:00I always enjoy it when commenters say the NDP shou...I always enjoy it when commenters say the NDP should start right now taking on the BCLibs in ads. As if this is a new idea, and hasn't been thought of by NDP strategists.<br />Because the NDP must have lots of money, right? That's why my inbox is full of pleading emails from them asking for more money? <br />Let's assume those offering this gratuitous advice also offer to pay for the ads!<br />(As a former official agent for an NDP constituency campaign, I can assure readers they would probably be astonished by how few people actually finance our party.)occasionaljustushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080083258475512519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-5479518098196382642016-04-05T17:27:40.518-07:002016-04-05T17:27:40.518-07:00Lew--
'Bauble Of Babble'.
You know I'...Lew--<br /><br />'Bauble Of Babble'.<br /><br />You know I'm going to swipe that one, right?<br /><br />All snark aside, excellent point about the specificity of the 'jobs' being discussed, which is something that always seems to get lost in the shuffle of this never ending game of three-card Monte<br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-64815480899823610632016-04-05T16:19:52.706-07:002016-04-05T16:19:52.706-07:00As Merv says, this isn’t news. As Les Leyne report...As Merv says, this isn’t news. As Les Leyne reported in the Times Colonist two months ago, “The declaration is also a bit of a departure for the NDP, since it amounts to a definitive no on at least one LNG project.”<br /><br />Ms. Hunter and the BC Liberals now belatedly take a definitive no for an answer because as they both say in (separate?) articles, it’s “official.” Fancy that. What a surprising and timely bauble of babble.<br /><br />The reference to Tom Sigurdson unsuspectedly talking with First Nations leaders in Prince Rupert about LNG job opportunities is interesting. What opportunities are those, pray tell? The article reads as if the First Nations and the BC Building Trades Council were all set to put people to work on a passel of LNG jobs until the dastardly NDP put them all out of work. Which was the intended distraction of course, but the least Ms. Hunter could do is tell us specifically what jobs were being discussed, and whether they or the tradespeople contemplated have yet been born.<br />Lewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-40510258803425455802016-04-05T13:56:47.051-07:002016-04-05T13:56:47.051-07:00Merv--
The BCL can say whatever it wants and rele...Merv--<br /><br />The BCL can say whatever it wants and release any press release it wants.<br /><br />It is the local press' job to understand what is really going on when they see the shiny baubles.<br /><br />Heckfire.<br /><br />I don't even care if they reach out for said baubles, but they should at least turn them over, read the fine print about where and why there made and then tell us about that too.<br /><br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-80255246334391100312016-04-05T12:52:01.681-07:002016-04-05T12:52:01.681-07:00John Horgan stated on Voice of BC in December that...John Horgan stated on Voice of BC in December that (paraphrased) "Lelu Island was about the worst place to put an LNG plant" based on Lax Kwalaams opposition, salmon fishery issues at the Skeena mouth, and so on. The letter to the CEAA followed in March. Everything is timing with this bauble. Justine Hunter is usually more diligent with respect to context.<br /><br />BCLibs have a right to say Horgan's NDP is against the PNW project, but not to say this is news. - MervAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-21630313422102778512016-04-05T12:04:26.544-07:002016-04-05T12:04:26.544-07:00Excellent comment above. Horgan, has to strike now...Excellent comment above. Horgan, has to strike now, while the iron is hot. Of course the Libs will use any issue to deflect the malfeasance issues, emails, FOI issues etc.<br />Get rid of the neo-con corruption clowns asap. We need real, equitable, managed and non corrupt governance in B.C., not the corrupt kleptocracy currently in power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-56412947730563840992016-04-05T11:29:35.492-07:002016-04-05T11:29:35.492-07:00If Horgan and the NDP are smart, they should be ba...If Horgan and the NDP are smart, they should be banging the electorate over the head with simple ads starting NOW showing the BC Liberals and Christy as "bought and paid for" by corporate interests.<br /><br />Take that "Chrispy Crunch" cereal ad and multiply it by a hundred -YouTube a-go-go.<br /><br />This issue dovetails nicely with the BC Liberal lack of integrity issues (email deletion to avoid FOI, etc.)<br /><br />Examples abound: Imperial Metals/Mt Polley spill, Bourke Mtn land sale to developer BC Liberal friend,IPP sweetheart contracts to connected BC Liberals who have now flipped the ownership on for big profits, etc.<br /><br />Horgan also has to have the balls to stop any similar fundraising by the NDP a la Bernie Sanders or this strategy won't have a leg to stand on.<br /><br />Warren White<br />Gordon Head, Victoria<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-34228045006470331742016-04-05T11:02:56.710-07:002016-04-05T11:02:56.710-07:00what no beer/liquor announcement?
trip to Panama p...what no beer/liquor announcement?<br />trip to Panama perhaps/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com