The Auditor General's scathing report on the mismanagement of B.C.'s forests over the past 12 years of B.C. liberal government stewardship reveals a serious error of the myopic approach to governance and management of our province.
While projecting an image of family first, job creation and "all is well," the B.C. liberal government has systematically gutted government systems under the guise of cost efficiencies.
The result is the judicial system in chaos with court cases thrown out; the forest system mismanaged; systems to protect the most vulnerable are mismanaged; and a health care system with decayed levels of service.
The government continues the mantra of cost efficiencies as if bare cupboards can somehow give growth to additional savings.
The Liberal government makes decisions based on cost savings - decisions driven by mismanagement of the tax income of the province through tax breaks.
Decisions are right now underway for one more government system yet under attack. Its mismanagement will be tragic in its repercussions for decades.
The government has embarked on total upheaval to a great education system, under the guise of "making a good education system great," (says George Abbot).
This is a well-disguised initiative for further cost efficiencies in the education system.
Our health system is decayed, the judicial system is in chaos, the Auditor General reports the forestry system is mismanaged... but wait. We have not seen anything yet.
Those are today. Tomorrow is the education system and it is coming fast to a school near you. It will be the most tragic legacy of this government, and all in the interest of cost efficiencies. The education system will be in total disarray and the cupboard will still be bare. Tax income; now there's a novel thought.
Richard Giroday
Prince George