Hello John Horgan....hello to you too Carole James.....If I can sum up here...
Site C.....The chances of you stopping Kinder Morgan are slim to none...
The people of Burnaby themselves may stop it, but the odds are, a federal project, federal jurisdiction, not likely you can stop it Horgan....
That leaves Site C, you can stop that project...
The people of Burnaby themselves may stop it, but the odds are, a federal project, federal jurisdiction, not likely you can stop it Horgan....
That leaves Site C, you can stop that project...
Times are different today, the mainstream media doesn't hold sway anymore, just look at a few of Canada's most recent elections.
PostMedia and all their major Canadian newspapers...from coast to coast they fell in line with their PostMedia corporate bosses demands and endorsed Stephen Harper...
Stephen Harper lost badly.
Stephen Harper lost badly.
Alberta's 2015 election...
Alberta's MSM papers endorsed the Alberta's PC Conservative Party...
Alberta's MSM papers endorsed the Alberta's PC Conservative Party...
Here in British Columbia our Conservative Party is named The BC Liberal Party, but we know, you know, most know they are Conservatives(actually, I would call them crony-capitalist corporate controlled conservative party).... In our 2017 British Columbia provincial election once again...PostMedia..Vancouver Sun, the Province, Michael Smyth, Vaughn Palmer, their editorial boards all endorsed Christy Clark and her Conservative(BC Liberal Party)..
As you can see, our Canadian mainstream media has been on the wrong side of history on many occasions, and not just on which political party should win elections but on issues too...Enbridge Northern Gateway, pumped up by Vancouver Sun..LNG cheerleaders at Postmedia too, selling the golden unicorn LNG dream in 2013 and they are still selling LNG snake oil today... only bloggers called BC's LNG industry's future right(as in The Straight Goods nailed it)...PostMedia failed badly on the LNG file(rank amateurs)
Vaughn Palmer tweeted today that "those who threaten to leave political parties over a contentious issue seldom do".....
I will once again refer to Vancouver Sun's recent track record of failure..highlighted above..
I will once again refer to Vancouver Sun's recent track record of failure..highlighted above..
Vaughn, Keith Baldrey..Michael Smyth, they live in the past, they can't escape the echo chamber of their own making...Joe Public doesn't believe the mainstream media anymore, people, the computer savvy people source information everywhere...even pollsters, so wrong, so often because they too were slow to adapt to the new reality...calling the few, not connecting with the many..
Mr. Horgan....
The mainstream media are attempting to kowtow you into making a bad economical decision...they are also kowtowing you into making an immoral decision, and perhaps John they've(MSM) suggested that if you go forward on Site C it will result in a fairer treatment in the press..
The mainstream media are attempting to kowtow you into making a bad economical decision...they are also kowtowing you into making an immoral decision, and perhaps John they've(MSM) suggested that if you go forward on Site C it will result in a fairer treatment in the press..
It won't, you John will never get favourable press from PostMedia, certainly not at crunch time, as in an election writ period....The Vancouver Sun and Postmedia will pressure you to go forward on every contentious project, whether it be Kinder Morgan, LNG, a revamped Enbridge northern gateway and a WestCoast refinery...
MSM will pillory and pressure you John Horgan to approve every industrial/energy proposal, no matter how contentious.....and even if you Horgan decided to approve everything, every industrial project, come election time the MSM, the Vaughn Palmers will still pump up and endorse the BC Liberals....
That my friend is fact..
MSM will pillory and pressure you John Horgan to approve every industrial/energy proposal, no matter how contentious.....and even if you Horgan decided to approve everything, every industrial project, come election time the MSM, the Vaughn Palmers will still pump up and endorse the BC Liberals....
That my friend is fact..
So, Vaughn Palmer's assertion that those who voted NDP in 2017 who now threaten to leave the party or not vote for the party is unlikely.., that Vaughn Palmer statement is wrong,..
Social Media today is stronger, and getting stronger everyday...myself, i've never held a political party card, never been a member of any political party...and I've voted Conservative, Liberal and NDP...and I can vote Green Party...
I won't vote NDP again if Site C is approved, and it's not a threat, it's a reality...I'll vote Green, independent or stay home..
Social Media today is stronger, and getting stronger everyday...myself, i've never held a political party card, never been a member of any political party...and I've voted Conservative, Liberal and NDP...and I can vote Green Party...
I won't vote NDP again if Site C is approved, and it's not a threat, it's a reality...I'll vote Green, independent or stay home..
I think most 2017 NDP voters think like me...for 16 years we witnessed the BC Liberals tear-down and take...BC Rail gone, no consequences for the criminals, including those elected...BC hydro driven into the ground, ferry rates through the roof, Hydro rates skyrocketing, pipelines approved, money laundering, ICBC looted....
With all that and so much more, including the crimes legislated against schools, children in care, our environment, the poor..
Even with all those BC Liberal crimes you Mr. Horgan barely squeaked out a minority government...
Even with all those BC Liberal crimes you Mr. Horgan barely squeaked out a minority government...
It's the progressive voters that inked a ballot for the NDP.
So, with Kinder Morgan probably going forward as it is federal jurisdiction, with most of your election platform not fulfilled, renters grant is dead...$10 dollar daycare is going nowhere fast, that will be so scaled back..housing crisis, you have no tools available to make housing in lower mainland affordable....
And we don't, or should I say, ....I don't blame you for these current problems..
I'm one of the disgruntled that endured 16 years of wrong government decisions.....
In 2017 I voted for a government that was going to make the right decisions....not for a government to hammer in the coffin nails the previous administration left sticking out of our provincial coffin.
The reason why what Vaughn Palmer says isn't true....if Site C is green-lighted by you John Horgan.....
Means I can no longer trust any political party to stand up for the people...i'll move my vote again, this time to the Green Party or independent or abstain...
Means I can no longer trust any political party to stand up for the people...i'll move my vote again, this time to the Green Party or independent or abstain...
The progressive voters need a Site C win, .....Social media today, that's where the power lays.
Lastly....Site C, if approved...come election 2021 Site C will still be 4.. 5.. 6... years away from completion, all the cost overruns, geological and structural problems will be on full display, the ballooning cost overruns, the media and BC Liberals will blame your 2017 Site C waffling, this I know to be true, because even today, BC Liberals and our MSM have stated "Site C was on time and on budget until John Horgan took power"..
You campaigned against Site C...your MLAs campaigned against Site C...there are pictures circulating of you Horgan holding signs opposing Site c.
Site C cancellation is, for me, and for most who voted for you a moral issue....and if the NDP can't be a party of morals, including making moral decisions..
(remember that picture John?)
And this one....
I'll look for answers elsewhere..
(P.S. if Site C is approved, The Straight Goods is going silent, I have nothing else to offer, .........Thanks everyone for all the years of contributions)
(P.S. if Site C is approved, The Straight Goods is going silent, I have nothing else to offer, .........Thanks everyone for all the years of contributions)
The Straight Goods
Cheers Eyes Wide Open
8 comments:
If the NDP allow the BC Liberal Boondoggle known as Site C to go ahead, it will damage the NDP's credibility in my view. We voted for change, not the same-old - same-old.
I'm chuffed that the possibility that Site C might go ahead is still a question mark. I'd rather see the money recently spent to weigh the options had been spent instead on investigating how this monstrosity ever got approved in the first place, and holding those responsible to account.
I'll be VERY disappointed if my trust in the NDP proves to have been misplaced. If so, I'll remember it next election time.
AGREED!
If site C goes ahead expect a 60% increase like Manitoba keeyask/bipole3 boondoggle they want 8% every year for 8 years to pay for it!
Muskrat falls 12.7 billion dollars in nfld/labrador.
Site c life of dam carring costs 30 billion dollars?a debt downgrade for all of BC debt.
Like Fast ferries they will ignore experts and go ahead.
and lose next election.?
Amen Grant, I too will move my vote to Green if Site C goes ahead. Will be anguishing to watch the next tension crack, costs soar, credit rating plunge.
It appears that John Horgan will allow Site C to go ahead. Not quite sure why I say that except for the fact that from all I've read on many various sites, the feeling is he will say yes for fear of backlash on wasting hundreds of millions & losing jobs.
I hope I'm wrong. If he does, the NDP will no longer get my vote.
Guy in Victoria
If site C goes ahead me and my whole family will vote green next election
If Site C goes ahead, I think we can all agree that the NDP have become fully and truly irrelevant in BC.
Agreed and must say that I have gained insight from your blog over the years so will be very disappointed if you cease blogging. I will also have to decide where my vote and support is now to be
directed. Palmer is as usual wrong there will be an exodus from the NDP.
Remember the Clark McPhail switcheroo on now what is called the Millennium Line? Remember all those NDP'ers who felt a massive slap across the face with that? Remember that two seat rump in the Legislature, that allowed Campbell to give away the province to his corporate friends?
Those who fail to read history are doomed to repeat the same mistakes.
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