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"During the May election campaign, the Liberals promised, in writing, not to introduce the HST -- and then did just that. Hansen's claim the tax was ‘not even on the radar’ during the campaign makes the decision to introduce it a few weeks later look reckless and ill-considered.”

“[B.C. Rail is] a hollow shell now, since the sale of the railway to CN. All the Crown corporation has left is 40 kilometres of track to Roberts Bank. It doesn't even have any trains; it just charges other railways to use the tracks.
“But the executives are still making old-time railway baron salaries.”

“Trying to find out how much money the B.C. government is really, truly spending on the 2010 Olympics is sort of like trying to find out Osama bin Laden's cellphone number.”

“The B.C. Liberals have managed to offend almost everyone with their harmonized sales tax.
“An Ipsos Reid poll shows almost nine out of 10 oppose it. Opposition is higher and more intense than the carbon tax, says one pollster…
“The Liberal plan appears to have been written on the back of a paper napkin.
“The plan is poorly thought out and full of bizarre contradictions.”

“B.C. Ferries is shielded from the Freedom of Information Act courtesy of the Liberal government. They did that back in 2002. They essentially put the foxes in charge of the chicken coop and then they built a 20 foot high wall around the chicken coop so nobody could see what was going on. The result is feeding frenzy in secret. B.C. taxpayers are the chickens in this case and we’re getting plucked by these guys.”

“As with the plan to lease the Coquihalla highway to the private sector, the HST needs a rethink.”

“This just in: the provincial government may think this is still the best place on Earth to live, but according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, B.C. is one of the worst places in Canada to try and find work. With nearly 52,000 jobs lost in the past 12 months—13,000 in October alone—it seems the Liberals' idea of building for B.C.'s future only extends into early 2010 at best.“

“B.C. Ferries has lost its way, and it's time the provincial government gave up the charade of pretending its quasi-private business model works for a public transportation service.
“[Comptroller-General Cheryl] Wenezenki-Yolland has provided safe passage for looking at changes. The government should get on board.”

“The arrogance of this government is incredible. The Liberals would rather legislate paramedics back to work to satisfy Vanoc, than bargain in good faith.
“This government would rather obfuscate and dance around the actual cost of the Olympic Games rather than say how much this two-week-long party will cost.
“Premier Gordon Campbell seems more concerned of his place in history rather than the rights of the people he represents.”

“Transportation Minister Shirley Bond kept telling reporters last week that she had only recently learned about the high salaries at B.C. Ferries, and was as shocked as everyone else.
“What she neglected to say, of course, was that her government was to blame for all the secrecy in the first place by exempting the ferry corporation from the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.”