Since being elected to government in 2001 Gordon Campbell and the BC liberal Party have lied and misled the B.C. voters over and over.
It started with the promise not to sell BC Rail and the scandal that followed with the raids on the legislature, and the trial of four former ministerial aides for influence peddling. The sale of the Fast Ferries for a fraction of their value, and the promise to reduce the size of government and then nearly doubling its size and increasing salaries 29 per cent for MLA's and 50 per cent for Mr. Campbell. The Liberals promised to make education a priority, but then slashed budgets, closed hundreds of schools, and fired teachers. Somehow M.r Campbell and the BC liberals found $1.5 billion of B.C. taxpayer's money to fund the Olympics, and oen million dollars to buy tickets for our MLA's including our very own Shirley bond at a cost of $3,188. Five hundred million suddenly became available to put a retractable roof on BC Place, to secure construction of a new Casino next door. In 2001 the BC Liberals promised to scale back gambling in B.C., but have since nearly tripled its size. During the 2009 Election Campaign Gordon Campbell promised no HST. Just three days after being elected an e-mail was sent from the BC liberal's office to the Federal Conservative's office requesting all available information on instituting the HST. Colin Hansen says the HST will save us money. If that is true then why lie about it in the Campaign. The HST is a cruel tax which targets the people who can least afford it, like the people earning the lowest minimum wage in the country at $8 an hour. The HST saves corporations more than two billion dollars a year in B.C. and directs that cost and more directly back to the taxpayer. It gives tothe rich and takes from the poor. The Liberals have also continued to download costs onto municipalities which have increased their budgets, and our municipal taxes.
The problem voters have is that they believe all politicians lie, so who do you trust.
I am optimistic the anti-HST petition will succeed, but where you can really show your displeasure is in the next provincial election.
Todd Hatley
Prince George
