Thursday, May 30, 2013

You told us that today's' BC Liberal government is, "using resources wisely to give children the start they need in life"

Up to the election writ being dropped, the BC Liberal government found it necessary to spend millions of taxpayer dollars in what many called highly partisan advertising.  

Well the election campaign ended two and a half weeks ago, the Liberal were re-elected, and since then not ONE single ad has been run on the balanced budget ... the BC Jobs Plan ... or about the security of our economy due to careful government strategies and planning. 

Does that not clearly confirm these ads were not necessary, and were ONLY run for the benefit of the BC Liberal Party in the lead up to the election?

Again, the lack of integrity by the BC Liberal Party is there for all who wish to see it.


I mean no disrespect to the many hard working journalists out there, but why is it that no media news outlet is raising this issue? I would hate to think it comes down to a matter of dollars and cents, but then again the media owners were the direct recipients of this spending extravaganza, by the BC Liberal government, which wasted millions of dollars of resources entrusted to them by the people of BC. 

I had a Letter to the Editor published the other day in the Kamloops Daily News -- it included the following direct quote from a then opposition MLA by the name of Christy Clark:

People don’t want the government to spend $700,000 of their money so they can find out how to access services; people want this government to spend their money so that those services are there for them to access."  

"That’s what British Columbians want,” Clark railed. “How many firefighters, how many police officers will not be on the street because [the Finance Minister] is spending on her advertising campaign?” 

So Christy ... how many firefighters -- how many police officers aren't on the street because YOU decided it was more important for your government to be re-elected.  

Better yet; how many nurses and other medical staff aren't available that could have helped reduced surgical wait times -- or shortened wait times in ER's?


How many special needs teaching assistants aren't in classrooms ... and how support workers could have been available to help our seniors ... how many mental health workers ... family support workers? 

Could a few more dollars been provided, to help those British Columbians struggling with disabilities, have better housing and better quality food?

Would the over sixteen ($16+) million dollars -- you consciously and deliberately wasted promoting your government -- not have been better spent providing direct services to the people of BC Madame Premier? 

You told us that today's' BC Liberal government is, "using resources wisely to give children the start they need in life

You said, "there is much more that we can, should, and will do" ... that you "need to do more" ... and you also said your work "is not complete."  

Madame Premier ... all I can say is ... "What a hypocrite you are!" 

I'm Alan Forseth in Kamloops, with the thoughts of one conservative.

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