Credibility deficit

So the BC Fiberals finally realize that the people of BC do not trust them, I can not imagine why. So they moved quickly to remove that major reason for us to vote yes on extinguishing the HST. 

Apparently It has to happen because nothing is enshrined unless it’s in legislation, and how else can they get the public to trust them on anything they say or do anymore.

I guess that is the end of that problem, or is it. 

It is a legislated law Federally and Provincially that elections are to happen every 4 years and Mr. Harper broke that law not once but twice and now it seems the BC Fiberals will do the same in September, it is also the legislated law in BC that it is illegal to run a budget deficit but miraculously 5 out of the last 10 budgets have been large budget deficits, it is also legislated law that it is a crime for politicians or anyone else to steal from Crown corporations but that didn’t stop individuals from instigating one of the biggest crimes in BC history with BC Rail, in spite of 18 million dollars in legal fees the culprits from that travesty still have not been brought to justice. 

I am sure we can all come up with other instances of the Fiberals breaking all kind of laws.

So if and when the Fiberals do manage to get in power again and they run another couple of deficit budgets which at this point seems inevitable, it would literally blow my mind if they did keep this pie in the sky legislated promise, after all circumstances change all the time as they tell us time and time again when they once again do not keep their word or promises. 

It also goes without saying that if another party wins the election it is unlikely they would honour those commitments if it meant running a deficit budget.

As the Fiberals see it, it is not a lie if they believed it to be true at the time they made the promise or enacted the legislation. 

Which of the two laws do you think they will honour if they have a choice, balanced budget or tax cut, you be the judge.

Wayne Clark

voting NO is DUMB

Re: no sanity in saying “yes” The Times June 14/ 2011

Mr. Banov I can not believe you are bringing up the matter of honesty when talking about this HST cash grab, and if you are seriously taking this governments word that this 12 percent tax will go to10 percent in three years after an election that the BC Fiberals will very likely lose in the first place, and if god forbid they do win, more than likely two more deficit budgets, I have got a bridge I will sell you real cheap. 

BC is a have not province thanks to the Fiberals and their voodoo economics, BC would undoubtedly have had another Federal government transfer payment if the HST had not been implemented.  I doubt very much this will ever be paid back, the $1.6 billion will turn out to be just another transfer payment just like the 5 others this province has had with our Fiberal masters deft stewardship of the BC economy. 

I would agree with you that taxes are necessary but would have to say accepting a 140 percent tax increase on hundreds of necessary products and services is truly insane.  

You have obviously not been hit with some of the more onerous injustices of this tax as I have, over $1700.00 extra and counting. Do you realize that if you had a roof replaced on your home you are looking at, at least $1400 dollars alone in HST can you imagine what a kitchen renovation would cost extra. 

Maybe this is chicken feed to you but to most seniors and the majority of families this is the difference between eating and going hungary or maybe having a roof over their heads literally. 

Once again maybe you could  tell me what economic theory recommends adding huge tax loads on consumers to help pull a country out of recession. 

Wayne Clark

More BS about HST

Re: Government false advertising about HST News June 8/2011

Unfortunately the government continues to try to deceive and frighten the citizens of BC with more of the same, millions of dollars of our tax dollars spent on false advertising, propaganda meant to brainwash, frighten and bribe the citizens of BC with a another empty promise that most likely will never see the light of day, a cut of 2 percent and which totally fails to address the many injustices that this pitiful red herring fails to rectify. 

The government just can’t seem to tell the truth about this issue, with a claim that if we vote against the HST and keep the GST& PST it will be at 12 percent, failing to mention the reality that on many costly products and essential services it will be only the GST at 5 percent. 

This government just digs itself in deeper with every new lie and misrepresentation, the people that have been paying attention know what this tax really costs them and $350 dollars a family is an outright barefaced lie. 

Wayne Clark

Nothing is irrelevant to the health care debate

Re: Health care users speak up The Times May 31 2011


I would have to agree with Mr. Brown about Canadians looking outside North America for their health care solutions, but would have to vigorously disagree that American health care is irrelevant to the Canadian debate.  


It’s always amusing when the NeoCons try desperately to steer the debate carefully around the rotting, stinking, red herring they call U.S. style health care system or any other inconvenient embarrassment they would prefer to ignore.


The fact is the American system has already been forcefully injected into our health care system for years now by the BC government, for instance July 31 2007 when Maximus Ltd. an American corporation was put in charge of administering the BC Medical services plan and Pharmacare programs, knowingly or unknowingly injecting a good dose of American influence as well as jeopardizing Canadians personal privacy to a foreign power (Patriot act). 


Staying away from the failed systems out there in the rest of the world is at least as important as finding the best of other systems to adopt and improve the Canadian health care system. 


Let’s not forget the Americans already have a foot in the door which gives them a big advantage over other superior systems.


Wayne Clark

Time to wake up and smell the Bull Shit

 The HST was conceived in dark, secret rooms by dishonest politicians   and greedy   corporate masters. and it still reeks of lies, disinformation and greedy vested interests.


The citizens of BC are currently being subjected to a $5 MILLION 24/7 PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN, complete with the sky is falling, threats, outright lies, false costs that most of us already know if we are paying attention complete fabrications, intimidation, dire consequences if the government and big business does not get it’s way. 

The truth is this province has been completely mismanaged financially with a tripling of the provincial debt in the last decade if you count the P3s that the people of BC will be paying through the nose for for-forever. 

The implication of this tax shift will be the final death blow to the BC economy culminating a decade of flawed voodoo economics.

If cutting taxes for the rich and big corporations worked ALL Americans would be rich beyond their wildest dreams. The right has run out of ideas, trickle down economics has been disproved decades ago and run it’s course long ago and the right just keeps up with the tired old mantra we just have to cut taxes on the rich and corporations more, we just have to ship more jobs offshore, we just have to relax regulation more, we just have to get the government off the backs of the economy, and everything will be all right. 

Surly even the slowest person in the world has to see that this radical right-wing theory has just not worked, we are going in the wrong direction and it can only lead to total disaster for the people of Canada to continue down this tragic path. 

Every free market economics theory I have ever seen tells us that the last thing you do in a recession is raise taxes on the consumers of that country.

Wayne Clark

Respect is Earned

Re: Is Bob Groeneveld aware the election is over? Times June 2/2011

Yes Cherryl the election is over and I am sure you are very happy with the results. 


But for the 75 percent of Canadians that did not vote for Harper and have watched the antics of Harper and the Conservatives for years now this election was just proof of the pudding. 


It was the dirtiest sleaziest negative election spectacle I have ever witnessed, even including American politics. 

A man either has honour or he doesn’t, he is either a truth teller or he is a lier, he is either respectful or disrespectful, respect is something that is earned and I have yet to see Harper do anything to earn that respect. 

To Harper there is no line he will not cross to achieve his ambitions, and I dare say that is true for a lot of his supporters, to them the end justifies the means and nothing else matters. 

This is not that unusual even after all the evil Hitler inflicted on this earth he still has a fan club, it is a sad fact that some people just do not have a moral compass. 

All Harper and his ilk have shown Canadians and their peers over the years is contempt, disrespect, a how low can you go fanatical quest for ultimate power, well he has the power, but I am afraid that power will only earn him more disrespect from the majority of Canadians, as well as the rest of the world as he try’s to turn Canada into Texas north.  

Our electoral system is completely broken and with this crowd in power I cannot see how we can ever fix it because it quite simply works well for them.

Wayne Clark

View from the far right

Ya got to love it, the biggest shill for big business and government Tom Fletcher suggesting that the citizens of BC do not like the HST because we are the “ME GENERATION”.  Well it is good someone thinks about us because it will be a cold day in hell before Mr. Fletcher and his corporate masters and this particular provincial government do something for the people of this province. 

If you and “ME” have to take to the streets or force a referendum to help ourselves then so be it, it will certainly if nothing else make the powers that be think twice before they try anything like this again. 

I don’t even have to ask Mr. Fletcher about how he would handle the living standard of our children or our aging population, just take the most radical right wing ideal ( no minimum wage and get rid of all those stupid socialist ideas like pensions would be a good start I suppose) and that’s what he would do no doubt, that is what he pedals every single inedible article and our government certainly doesn’t disappoint him as they both dream and legislate the same ultra-rightwing wet-dreams every day. 

I guess you forgot to mention the $7 million dollars of our money the government is using in a last ditch effort to brainwash the voters of BC, hardly a level playing field. 

Last but not least I don’t believe we should continue to emulate a proven flawed business model and corrupt government system, after all Mr. Fletcher maybe you haven’t noticed America is bankrupt. 

I for one am not wearing rose coloured glasses, I already know what the HST has cost me and I am not so gullible as to think I am the only family that this is happening to, $350 dollars I can only dream.

PS  HST on my RMT (deep muscle massage for my Fibromyalgia alone is over $1000 dollars) for seniors who can not do the odd jobs around the house and the sick this tax increase is brutal and will force many seniors out of thier homes.

Wayne Clark