... the BC NDP betting on business or social democracy to win power? Moe Sihota wants business support ... business wannabe. Just look at a few key issues where business wins with the Liberals and loses with the NDP and you can easily see why real political ... decertification harder. Business got exactly the opposite changes from the B.C. Liberals in their first term, resulting in fewer unionized workers. ...

... subsidy, when they are contradicted by all the available research, including their own? The BC Liberals have lately stated that there's a choice to be made between supporting ... industry, and furthermore it provides key support to other growth industries. Many of BC's older industries are failing or are unsustainable ... Torch Relay parties, $486 milllion for BC Place Stadium roof upgrade, approx ...

... just competed in one. Secondly, out of the 3 provincial politicians, 3 are BC Liberals. Again, one would think that this Task Force would have at least 1 BC New Democrat, for the reasons that: 1) the election process is supposed to be ... of municipal government in the past, I really expected a better task force from the BC Liberals, not this overly political, overly partisan group. Posted ...

... green living as one of its core tenets. The BC NDP like both provincial parties is predominantly white, ... Big Labour are still dominant within the party. There are factions, however, who want the BC NDP to be the party of action on sustainability. The voices, ... cashing in political capital, and even a little loss of it could put them behind the BC Liberals. Gordon Campbell, who was held a double- ...

... over $1 billion to CN, why isn't it worth at least that much to the BC Liberals," Sharpe asked. "This desperate government is prepared to throw BC Rail away for a fraction of its true value, unless the people of this province stop it ... are still struggling to break through the secrecy surrounding the details of how BC Rail slipped away from public ownership. """ ...

... will not say that “as long as Carole James is the leader of the BC NDP, the BC NDP will never form government” (unlike Elizabeth May and the ... that Carole James was still NDP leader in 2009. We all know the result of that – a winnable election was squandered, similar to the style of campaigning the BC Liberals did in their 1996 loss to the NDP – a flat campaign with little ...

 After months of dissing the Cons on the "Harper Sales Tax" the liberals have sided with big business in this country and sold out the people who vote for them. From The Sun Online: On Tuesday, Ignatieff said the Liberals, who lobbied for the provinces to harmonize their sales taxes with the GST under former prime minister Jean Chretien, ...

... - a new choice for the Liberals to make, and yet another opportunity for them to showcase how absolutely inept they are at displaying a united front. Bill Curry had this ... ;s a good idea again, likely because the two provinces planning to adopt this tax are both run by Liberal premiers (Ontario and BC). If the Federal Liberals don't support this tax, they may find themselves without party ...

... It’s the kind of thing you would do to punish someone. Like the arts sector in BC is having its allowance docked for something it didn’t even know it was doing. Or not doing. Is that it? We had a time limit to make ourselves an essential part of the fabric of society and the Liberals have decided we didn’t quite make it? That the work we do and the love we put into ...

-1 Here’s the first volley from the Sun showing their intention to drop the Liberals and support BC Conservatives. +10 Architect Bing Thom want the viaducts torn down too. God knows what kind of abortions he wants to replace them with, however. +20 Rafe Mair’s long journey from nimrod ...

... Ignatieff and his fellow Liberals in the nations capital. While the HST is unpopular with many residents of both BC and Ontario, it has been the chosen ... short, they're telling the provinces of Ontario and BC that if they want this tax as they have indicated they do, then the time is here to put some political pressure ... CTV News -- Federal Tories put Liberals on hot seat over HST National Post ...

... like kicking someone when they are down BC'ers just got another kick in the head.Count Iggy sayz he supports the New HST! The potential for voters to punish politicians over the HST - as well as the Liberals' bid to present it as a federal Conservative ... Commons forces the issue. So there ya go. The Federal Liberals are now officially the cousins of the Campbell Libs. Right wing, ...

... voters are using the Conservatives as a "placeholder" while they evaluate what the Liberals and NDP do over the next four years. After all, it isn't very likely a new election will transpire any time soon. ... of the province. Capitalizing on the current discontent with the Liberals won't be easy. The BC Liberals have fallen prey to the same kind of problems plaguing the ...

... Olympics I can say that I want the games to be a success, and I should -I helped pay for them. Both the BC Liberals and the BC NDP supported the Olympics so if the games turn out to be an economic disaster, the opposition NDP will have a tough time attacking the Liberals for bringing the games to Vancouver. It was Glen Clark after all who got the ball rolling on ...

... ways BC artists have been working to address the proposed cuts to arts funding by the BC Liberals is through a Facebook group called "Organizing Against Campbell's Cuts To The Arts." Here's a recent note ... - there's no guarantee the government will take these recommendations to heart. Lindsay Brown Lots more at the website Stop BC Arts Cuts