Gordon Wilson, Lost In The Wilderness or A Man With A Money Induced Agenda?

What Happened to Gordon Wilson

        Written by Grant G

There are times when stories need to be told, I had no intention writing about this political has-been, however when Gordon Wilson injected himself into the current political process, a few facts needed to be put on the record..

Gordon Campbell hijacked the BC Liberal party, a political party that Gordon Wilson resurrected from the ashes, at the time I thought Gordon Wilson was a decent man, perhaps I was wrong, Wilson was a man on the rise and maybe it`s something about politicians named Gordon, for a public figure and party leader to be having an adulterous affair and get caught, that transgression brought a quick end to his leadership aspirations...Gordon Campbell once he hijacked the BC Liberal party he maintained the Liberal banner for but one reason, to hide the infiltration of old rejected Social Credit politicos, the Liberal party was never Liberal, it`s as far rightwing as one a political party could get, ...I`ll bet Gordon Wilson has nightmares and fits of anger to this very day, he lost control of the party leadership over adultery while Gordon Campbell had a decade`s long adulterous affair in plain view of the main stream media and none bothered to report it, well, those now long in tooth political beat reporters of that era, who are now winding down their careers, they have nothing to show for the last 12 years of legislative reporting, no scoops, no blockbuster revelations, they looked left, looked right, looked at the floor, looked at glaring conflict and scandal then looked the other way..

From 1996 to present day the Baldrey`s, the Palmers, the Bill Good`s and many more failed not only the public but failed in ethical journalism, a cozy quid pro quo relationship for hire, a feel good club for the weak minded, money over truth, fame over exposure of sins, an old boys club where membership granted came only with a vow of silence....Or as I wrote before..

Conflict of Ethics

http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2012/01/conflict-of-ethics.html

I have a feeling that recently Gordon Wilson in the back of his mind mused about a comeback, another leadership bid, another revamping of the BC Liberal party, or perhaps leadership of the NDP party, who knows what party Gordon Wilson wants to join, after all he was a member of both..however..

Wilson by way of his fat mouth burned any and all bridges back to the NDP and with the Liberal party on the eve of annihilation Gordon realizes he`s too old for the rebuilding long-game, likewise he has never possessed the skill of a trauma surgeon, and I don`t believe Mr. Wilson fancies the job of road-kill carcass collector, that leaves him lost in the wilderness, leaves his lifelong goals unfulfilled and that has left Gordon Wilson with nothing but bitter callousness, a name-calling partisan sitting alone with his wheel-barrel full of dung which he flings and has flung...

While no one is perfect and we all makes mistakes, a moment of passion with a one night affair is common, only those of low character continue to slink and slither behind the back of the one they made martial vows to, only real men with integrity and backbone face their significant other and face the music, file for divorce and move on, Gordon Wilson did no such thing, not until his sins were leaked to the public did he come clean, maybe it was karma, maybe justice but on that day his leadership aspirations disappeared for all time so did his sanity,  all now that Gordon Wilson has left is the bitter pill of failure and a poison mouth..

Jealousy, agenda, payment for spew, I`m not sure why Wilson crawled out from his rock but like most, we wish he had remained entombed, and silent..

Funny in a way, the very first guest Christy Clark had on air at cknw after Gordon Campbell resigned in shame was one Gordon FD Wilson..
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"On the day that Gordon Campbell announced his intention to resign, the producer of the Christy Clark Show on CKNW called me and asked if I would be a guest on her radio show. I accepted and as soon as Christy introduced me on air I asked her if she intended to run for the leadership of the Liberal Party. She told me emphatically that she did not plan to run. Smart move, I thought, you will save yourself from a lot of grief."

 http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1299038210/
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In that post Gordon Wilson went on to give Christy Clark advice on how to win the election, but in doing so he described how the corporate BC Liberal party operated, how vindictive the party was, how their members turn on their own if they don`t cooperate, Gordon Wilson describes how Gordon Campbell had a scorched earth social policy..

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"The powerful Vancouver business elite who represent the “coalition” will be watching the polls over the next few months as the NDP choose their leader, and as Clark starts to weather the political storm that is heading her way. If the polls look good they will do nothing to rock the boat, but if they don’t, they will withdraw all their support for Clark, hide their money, stop investing in the province and prepare for four years of NDP government by causing the economic landscape to look as barren as possible, something that they will later accuse the NDP of creating.

 Christy Clark will be relegated to the political scrap heap as they hand pick another Gordon Campbell who will do their bidding, and it isn’t at all clear if they will use the Liberal party to do so.

Clark needs to take a page out of the playbook written by the other Clark, former premier Glen Clark.

 She needs to do what he did in 1996 when taking over the leadership from Mike Harcourt...

 She needs to craft a careful agenda that reverses the slash and burn social agenda of Gordon Campbell. ....She needs to ACT in favour of children and families not talk about doing so. She needs to bring in a progressive budget and hit the ground running implementing it, and then call an early fall election and win a mandate from the people....

 That’s her best course of action if she wants to avoid the NDP snipers who will use her words to chip away her credibility and to avoid those within the coalition who are not happy that she upset their plans for their choice who is also the choice of the Conservatives: Kevin Falcon."

  http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1299038210/

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Don`t you find that interesting, on one hand Gordon Wilson is giving Christy Clark advice as to how to keep the BC Liberal/Social Credit party in power yet at the same time he describes how dirty the corporate party backers play, how nasty Gordon Campbell was towards the people, towards teachers and children, a party of big business and big business only...Why would Gordon Wilson want to have a political party like that in power, he obviously has an agenda that doesn`t include the well being of the joe average public at large, he seems very very confused, indeed..

In that post linked above is a very interesting bit of Gordon Wilson`s background..here it is, below

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 "Gordon F.D. Wilson was responsible for resurrecting the BC Liberal Party in the early 90's, only to be wrestled to the ground by Gordon Campbell for the top job as liberal leader. 
 
Wilson and his wife Judy Tyabji then launched another political party which wasn't going anywhere fast,...

 then switched sides and became a member of the New Democratic Party of BC. Under the stewartship of NDP Premier Glen Clark, Wilson was elevated into cabinet, holding the position Minister of Transportation and BC Ferries. 

These days Gordon spends his time blogging on his website

 http://www.GordonFDWilson.com

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Interesting, the NDP gave Gordon Wilson a home, made him a cabinet minister, and now Gordon Wilson sees that the NDP are about to take power comes out spewing vitriolic venom and bluster and unsubstantiated character assassination..And what brought down the BC NDP, fast ferries, who was minister of ferries? Gordon Wilson was, interesting indeed..

 Gordon Wilson`s first verbal assault came when the NDP were having their leadership contest, Wilson playing coy was giving the NDP brutal advice while simultaneously slandering the NDP`s brightest star...That being John Horgan, ..John Horgan, the most respected politician in British Columbia today, by far.....Here was Wilson`s hatchet job in the form of his personal advice..

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 http://gordonfdwilson.com/2011/04/10/adrian-dix-presents-the-clearest-choice-for-a-government-that-reflects-ndp-values/

"Nicholas Simons, my MLA from Powell River-Sunshine Coast, is an intelligent, good looking, soft spoken, somewhat hip and openly gay musician who presented the best hope the NDP had for a really fresh face who could articulate a new vision for British Columbia.

Simons dropped out a few days ago and moved his support to John Horgan. That is really too bad. It is too bad because I believe that Simons, the only elected candidate who was not part of the NDP government of the 1990s, was the best chance for the NDP to beat Christy Clark. It is also too bad for the balance of voters because had he been able to get unfiltered media exposure, he would have provided British Columbians with a real, compassionate choice in the next provincial election.
But the NDP have a long history in choosing leaders who have no chance of winning a general election. Simons isn’t part of the NDP old guard, so his campaign was written off by most from the beginning. Certainly the media considered him a lightweight"
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Wilson wasn`t finished, not by a longshot.. ...Let me say this, Nicholas Simons is a good man, he`s in my riding, he is however NOT leadership material, and there was no reason to highlight that Simons is gay, let me be clear, Gordon Wilson wrote that article for a reason, subtle and not so subtle smear...Let`s peruse it a little more.

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"Over the course of several elections in my riding, I have come to know Dana Larsen as a candidate who is no fool. He has often been presented more as a caricature than a candidate who holds passionately to his beliefs. Ironically, through his four point campaign using the “sustainability BC lens”, Larsen has presented policies that would likely resonate with many British Columbians if he were ever given the chance to present them to the public at large. But Larsen’s passion over the legalization of Marijuana and some of his past publicity stunts have created an uneasy feeling toward him within the NDP establishment, which is one reason they tried to block his ability to run.
In many ways Dana Larsen stands like a mirror to the NDP brass presenting a “real” NDP image, rather than the more “moderate” image they would like to present.

 Larsen is unlikely to go beyond the first ballot and may do far worse now that he has already declared his support for John Horgan on a second ballot. Many of Larsen’s supporters may put their first ballot vote to Horgan, fearful that if they don’t there won’t be a second chance."

 http://gordonfdwilson.com/2011/04/10/adrian-dix-presents-the-clearest-choice-for-a-government-that-reflects-ndp-values/
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Do you see that, Gordon Wilson is suggesting that Dana Larsen is the REAL face of the NDP, perhaps Gordon Wilson didn`t see Dana Larsen video of Larsen driving while using a crack pipe, my gawd, the NDP would be laughed out of the political landscape with Dana Larsen as leader...And it has nothing to do with marijuana, it should be decriminalized like Washington state has done, it`s unfortunate that Dana Larsen made that video, that made him toxic..

But the most interesting part of Gordon Wilson`s strange brew screed is this, those two leadership candidates that he liked threw all their support behind John Horgan, what comes next from Wilson is just bizarre, actually it`s personal hatred towards one man, John Horgan..

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"Horgan, who has been elected as MLA for Juan de Fuca on Vancouver Island twice during the Campbell years in government, is better known to me for his backroom role during the NDP governments of the 1990s. Then Horgan was a bombastic, somewhat ruthless and unprincipled backroom enforcer whose temper was only surpassed by his lack of diplomacy. Maybe he has mellowed somewhat, although you know what is said about leopards and their spots.

In politics there are those who are best described as “party hacks”, people who do the bidding of their political bosses regardless of the impact of their actions. Horgan made a career in politics as a party hack at both the federal and provincial level until he stepped up to run for office. In fact, one is hard pressed to know what experience Horgan has outside of the political backrooms and his two terms as an elected MLA.

Given his service to Ministers better associated with the governments of Mike Harcourt and Glen Clark, it is little wonder that NDP cabinet ministers from the 1990s Elizabeth Cull, Anne Edwards and Paul Ramsey have all provide support to his campaign. Outside of the ranks of the NDP, however, such endorsements are likely to go over like a lead balloon.

Dan Miller’s endorsement was fully expected. Miller and Horgan have a long history together in the Legislative Halls of power in Victoria. Miller was the NDP Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister responsible for BC Ferries, and was arguably one of the most incompetent ministers in the Harcourt and Clark governments.

One has to hope that Miller, who has been the loudest and most consistent voice calling for the removal of the moratorium on off shore oil and gas drilling in the Queen Charlotte Sound has limited access to Horgan if he wins. But I doubt that will be true. Horgan was Miller’s choice for Chief of Staff when Dan Miller was appointed interim Premier until Ujjal Dosanjh maneuvered his way into the office after the fall of Glen Clark. I can attest firsthand to the callous disregard for due process that was practiced by Horgan and his boss at that time. But then, perhaps he has changed."


 http://gordonfdwilson.com/2011/04/10/adrian-dix-presents-the-clearest-choice-for-a-government-that-reflects-ndp-values/
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What is clear to me in that Gordon Wilson post, Wilson as a BC Liberal and Christy Clark supporter feared John Horgan above all else, and to be honest I stumped for Horgan, in my opinion if Horgan was leader today the NDP would have a 50% percentage point lead, however, we can`t undue the past and to be totally honest, Adrian Dix has thoroughly impressed me, his no running negative attacks, nothing personal, policy first and policy second, good policy for the masses, not policy for the corporate sector which under the BC Liberals have scorched both our treasury and environment..

Rightwingers are terrified of Justin Trudeau and John Horgan, even Harvey Oberfeld went off the rails in an attempt to discredit John Horgan, all Harvey Oberfeld accomplished was in showing his simplistic mind

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(MLA John Horgan sought guidance from a spiritual elder of  the T’Sou-ke First Nation who “looked inside my soul …and advised me that my cause was just and my heart was pure and I should take that journey. That was the turning point for me.”   Say no more.

Dana Larsen is a pot activist and MLA Nicholas Simon reportedly  thinks “all social policies should be seen through the eyes of a child”.  Right!")

 http://harveyoberfeld.ca/blog/none-of-the-above-again/

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 Really Harvey, John Horgan had a meeting scheduled with a First Nations community and they blessed him, and you Harvey throw him off the bus for that, maybe John Horgan should of cheated on his wife instead, like Gordon Campbell, like Gordon Wilson, you know, the rightwing thing to do..

A couple of weeks ago Gordon Wilson managed to get the Tyee to publish more of his NDP hate speech, in that article, where the commenters blasted him, in that article he brushed aside all the BC Liberal scandals in two sentences and promoted Christy Clark while tee-heeing and disrespecting the NDP, a very poorly written article with the same not so subtle messaging, that being NDP bad, BC Liberals and Christy Clark good..

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"The Liberals' banner touts them as "Today's BC Liberals," presumably to contrast Clark's Liberal team from the decade of rule by Gordon Campbell. 

To be fair to Clark, she has reshaped the party considerably and there is tangible evidence that the BC Liberals under her leadership are a very different party from that of Gordon Campbell. She has removed Campbell's training wage, increased minimum wage to $10.25 per hour, and imposed a tax on those earning more than $150,000 per year, to mention only three out of many initiatives that would not have happened under Campbell.

The NDP, running under the rather lengthy banner of "Change for the Better – One Practical Step at a Time," is filled with veteran candidates who, to these tired eyes, are more a reflection of the past than a view to the future. MLAs like Leonard Krog, Sue Hammell, Harry Lali and Mike Farnworth, all running again, were first elected in 1991. NDP heavyweights Bruce Ralston and John Horgan, who weren't elected members during the 1990s, were omnipresent in Victoria during that decade. Ralston was NDP President/legal counsel and Horgan was a senior staffer. In addition, current Leader Adrian Dix served as right hand to Glen Clark during his years in cabinet and later when Clark was premier.

http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/2013/03/08/consideration_or_condemnation/

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Do you see the continual slights against the NDP, he praises Christy Clark, and alludes to Clark raising the minimum wage therefor correcting all that was wrong with the Gordon Campbell era, forgetting about debt, BC Rail, BC Hydro, run of river robbery, tearing up contracts, he seems to have completely forgotten Christy Clark`s record in that same BC Liberal Government, Christy Clark took away teachers constitutional rights, a bill the Supreme court found illegal, Gordon Wilson seems to have recently developed a very selective memory, indeed..

Anywho, here I had thought we heard the last of Gordon venom spewer Wilson, I was wrong, I saw a Tweet by Diamond Isinger promoting an article in the Georgia Straight, an article with more inflammatory statements by Gordon Wilson..

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New Democrats are promising change. However, the more that former B.C. NDP cabinet member Gordon Wilson looks at some of the familiar faces that may constitute an Adrian Dix government, the less he’s convinced.


“It’s old and tired and bent and busted,” was how Wilson put it in a phone interview with the Georgia Straight.
British Columbians will be “reelecting, effectively, the NDP of the 1990s”, he said.
“Because I knew all of these guys when I was elected,” said Wilson, who was MLA for Powell River–Sunshine Coast from 1991 to 2001. “I don’t see too many fresh, new, bright faces.”

Wilson noted that he hears people say they’ve made up their mind that it’s time to change and dump the B.C. Liberals. “But then I keep saying, ‘Okay, we’ll take a look at who’s going to get in,’ and then I start talking about the people who are standing to get in. And the response is, ‘Oh, my God! These are the same old people.’ ”


(Carole James fired back at Gordon Wilson)


Former party leader Carole James was quite amused by Wilson’s opinion. “I have to chuckle because we did have two seats in 2001, and when we were elected in 2005, we brought in almost a brand-new team,” James told the Straight in a phone interview. “In fact, many people said some of the challenges we had in 2005 were because we had so many new people and so few were returning MLAs.”

In 2005, a total of 33 B.C. NDP MLAs—including James, representing Victoria–Beacon Hill—were elected. “Anyone who talks about a return to the ’90s just needs to look at our team and look at our numbers,” she said.
With 31 MLAs running for new terms and the balance of the 85 seats to be contested by nonincumbents, James said she believes that New Democrats have the right mix.

“I think that’s exactly what the voters are looking for,” James said. “They’re looking for new energy. They’re looking for experience. They’re looking for a team that will bring new approaches and new ideas but also understands the real challenges that you face when you’re in government, and the tough choices that have to be made ahead.”


 http://www.straight.com/news/368161/familiar-bc-ndp-faces-hark-back-90s

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There is something very seriously wrong with Gordon FD Wilson, he admitted in 2011 that the BC Liberals only represent corporate interests, he stated the the BC Liberals had a scorched social policy, we know Gordon Wilson doesn`t believe in marriage vows, the mild mannered persona he once presented is now proven to be nothing but a facade..

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Tweets

1. Gordon FD Wilson ‏@GordonFDWilson 3h

   @GeorgeHeyman @bcliberals Come on George you are a better man than this. Never mind straw men, give us the specific NDP fiscal plan.

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2. Gordon FD Wilson ‏@GordonFDWilson 4h

   Ralston's release thoroughly disapointing. Still we know nothing about NDP fiscal plan. http://gordonfdwilson.com/2013/04/04/no-more-straw-men/ …

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3. Gordon FD Wilson ‏@GordonFDWilson 5h

   @Dave_Eby and you say it with such conviction as though it were a fact, David. Still best to stick to your speaking notes.

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4. Gordon FD Wilson ‏@GordonFDWilson 5h

   @LisachristCBC I'm too afraid to count

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5. Gordon FD Wilson ‏@GordonFDWilson 5h

   NDP don't release detailed financial platform. Instead, a straw man "real Liberal deficit" and their minions to set it on fire. #bcpoli

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6. Gordon FD Wilson ‏@GordonFDWilson 6h

   @keithbaldrey @MikeSmythNews You have your Star movie analogies mixed up Mike. In 1991 Dix was in early assimilation process with the Borg.

   
   

   
   

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   Well Mr. Wilson, you at one time attacked the BC Liberal`s scorched social policies, you attacked the Liberal party for obeying only their corporate masters, you attacked a failed BC Liberal/Social credit backroom dealing party, but as of late you found religion in Christy Clark while simultaneously developing a mean lowbrow hatred towards a party that took you in..

   You don`t believe in marriage, don`t believe in social justice, or ethical behavior,  you have flipped, flopped and rebounded to a world of hate, not quite sure what you believe in Mr. Wilson, besides money, and yourself..
   
   
   

   
   Written by Grant G
   
   
   
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Christy Clark Says "British Columbia`s Coastline Belongs To Alberta"

 

Interesting headline, I was under the assumption that we in British Columbia had a say in our future, a say in our environment ...

Maybe I was mistaken, maybe that`s pie in the sky dreaming, poll after poll has BCers rejecting oil tankers on our Northern coast by 80%...A high number for sure, we have a vibrant coastline, wild salmon and tourism, fisheries and shellfish employ hundreds of thousands of workers and countless livlihoods.

I don`t believe  the BIG OIL Tar Sand lobby should dictate what happens on our coast, I don`t believe Ontario, Quebec or Atlantic Canada should dictate what risk we should take.

If a giant oil tanker wrecked near Haida Gwaii or in the Hecate Strait it would be an environmental disaster, there would be no cleaning it up, it would be gone for generations, we would lose countless salmon runs, we would probably lose our Orca for all time....We can`t risk what we don`t own and what we can`t replace...Atlantic Canada lost their fishery decades ago due to bad fishing practices, bottom dragging destroyed natural cones, dragging heavy beams along the bottom caught everything but what it also did was destroy the nursery for baby fish, it turned a pristine bottom to a muddy broken eco system and the cod fishery collapsed, and the saddest part of the Atlantic Coast cod collapse was...DFO scientists told their bosses the cod was going to vanish, they plead their case to no avail, politics, Federal politicians garnering votes in Atlantic Canada buried the data and let it happen....It was no accident, the science was ignored....The Tar Sand lobby doesn`t care about fish, just profits!

So when Christy Clark makes this statement I have to wonder who she represents.....

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OTTAWA - B.C. Premier Christy Clark praised Tuesday the importance of the oilsands industry to Canada’s economy but refused to budge from her fence-sitting position on the controversial proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C.

“Certainly in British Columbia we recognize the big contribution that the oilsands make to Canada and to our national economy,” Clark told reporters after a meeting with Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall in Edmonton.
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Christy Clark didn`t stop there, for what she said next was enough to make my skin crawl

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“British Columbia’s coast does not just belong to British Columbia, it belongs to Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Ontario and the Atlantic provinces,” Clark said

 Clark touts oil sands, 

 

 http://www.bclocalnews.com/business/135615498.html

 "British Columbia's coast does not just belong to British Columbia," Clark said. "It belongs to Alberta"

Read more here.

 http://dogwoodinitiative.org/media-centre/news-stories/who-does-BC-coast-belong-to

Premier Clark says "B.C.'s coast belongs to Alberta, not just B.C."

BC Premier Christy Clark said the west coast "doesn't just belong to British Columbia", but some British Columbians disagree.

Alexis Stoymenoff

Posted: Dec 19th, 2011

 

 http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/premier-clark-says-bcs-coast-belongs-alberta-and-all-canada-not-just-bc

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So Christy Clark believes Alberta and Ottawa can dictate what happens on our wild west coast..... I don`t see those provinces doing anything for the interest of BC., that being Wild Salmon, the Orca, eco-tourism and beautiful flowing kelp forests that feed our soul.

You no longer represent the wishes of British Columbia Christy Clark. in fact you never did, your party never cared about anything but gifting public dollars to corporate interests.

We don`t care about your 5 conditions for approval, diluted bitumen can`t be cleaned up, pipelines will leak and break, Enbridge admits that fact, ...You have a price Christy Clark, we the people led by Adrian Dix have no price, the answer is no..

http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2013/04/enbridge-northern-gateway-pipeline.html

I am not being unreasonable, the Kinder Morgan pipeline goes to the refinery in Burnaby, that right-away and pipeline can continue in its present form...Our Northern coast is not for sale Christy Clark, at any price, and with poll after poll registering 80% opposition to oil tankers on our Northern coast Christy Clark has betrayed British Columbia.


That`s why Adrian Dix is asking..

What is your position on tankers and pipeline Christy Clark?

 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/05/04/bc-dix-pipeline.html?cmp=rss

 http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2010/04/577the-unluckiest-numberten-years-out.html

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Christy Clark Liberals, Out Of Gas(updated)

Time to put an end to the polling spin zone...

2005 election results, vote percentages..

BC Liberals.....45.8%

BC NDP...........41.5%

2009 election results, vote percentages..

BC Liberals....45.82%

BC NDP..........42.15%

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Inside the latest numbers, The latest Angus Reid poll has the NDP at 41%...BC Liberals at 34%...

The NDP won`t slide any further, and personally I don`t believe they are below 45%...As you can see from the last two general elections the BC NDP base is 42%...Are we to believe with all the scandals under the BC Liberals that the NDP hasn`t risen a bit?

Check out the chart on page 5 of this PDF...

http://www.angus-reid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2013.05.03_Politics_BC.pdf

Page 5 is a graph, it has the NDP line going down and the Liberal line going up...

However, as stated just above, the latest poll has already pushed the NDP support down to their historical levels..In other words, the only way for the BC Liberal line to keep climbing is for the Green party and the BC Conservatives party to collapse, let`s take the Green party, even if their vote collapses it won`t go for the pro-pipeline parties, that being John Cummins and Christy Clark..

We also have many independents running too, Vicki Huntington, Van Dongen, Bob Simpson, a popular guy up in the peace, Van Ryswyk and three former BC Conservatives, and we have a myriad of fringe party candidates...In other words, with the NDP at 45%, Green party at even 10%, BC Conservatives at 8%..Independents and fringe at 3%..That totals 66%...That only leaves 34% of the electorate for the BC Liberals...

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Let`s examine the inside numbers from Angus Reid..

Metro Vancouver

NDP...........45%

Lib.............35%

Green.........7%

Cons.........10%

Ind/other...3%
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Vancouver island

NDP........44%

Lib..........28%

Green......21%

Cons........6%

Ind/other..2%
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Interior

NDP..........29%

Lib............42%

Green........10%

Cons.........14%

Ind/other/ ,5%

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North

NDP..........52%

Lib............31%

Green........11%

Cons..........4%

Ind/other....2%

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Gender gap...Men

NDP 40%....Libs 33%

Gender gap female

NDP 43%...Libs 35%

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Do you approve or disapprove of Christy Clark and the BC Liberals

Approve..34%...Disapprove...57%

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It is time for a change in

government in British

Columbia

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a different

provincial party should be

elected into power....

55% say yes, time for change.

It is not time for a change

in government in British

Columbia

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the BC Liberals

should be re

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elected

27% say the BC Liberals should be elected

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The interior seems to be the only section out of whack in this latest poll, however, it`s not riding rich...

The numbers that stand out for me is the number that believe it`s time for change, 55%, with a mere 27% say re-elect the Liberals...

I don`t know where the Liberals find more votes, the NDP won`t fall below 42% , and I suspect they are actually at 45%...Greens voters won`t switch to the Liberals, in fact if the polls tighten up expect a decline in the Green vote and a swing to the NDP, as only the NDP are against pipelines..The Green vote is a safe vote until the polls tighten up, if Green voters are concerned about tankers and pipelines, if the polls are tightening the Greens will be forced to go NDP, what`s the point of voting Green if the BC Liberals end up winning.

Anyway, have a good look inside the Angus Reid detailed tables,


http://www.angus-reid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2013.05.03_Politics_BC.pdf

 http://www.angus-reid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013.04.26_Politics_BC.pdf


And to drive my point home, the big comparison..

From the April 26th Angus Reid poll



Let`s examine the inside numbers from Angus Reid(April 26th)-to May 1st-2nd

Metro Vancouver

NDP...........46%...May 1.....45%

Lib.............31%..................35%

Green.........11%..................7%

Cons............7%...................10%

Ind/other.......4%..................3%


As you can see, very little movement in Metro-Vancouver

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Vancouver island...April 26th Angus Reid poll to May 1-2 Angus Reid poll

NDP........45%......May 1.....NDP....44%

Lib..........25%.................................28%

Green......19%................................21%

Cons........8%..................................6%

Ind/other..3%..................................2%

Again, Vancouver island has barely nudged.

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Angus Reid poll, April 26th to Angus Reid poll May 1st-2nd


Interior

NDP.......41%.......May 1..........NDP..........29%

Lib........35%.............................LIB...........42%

Green....10%.............................Green........10%

Cons......11%.............................Cons.........14%

Ind/other/ 3%...........................Ind/Other.....5%

 Here, it`s only in the interior where the numbers have moved, a 20% swing in 1 week, that my friends has skewed the numbers big time..
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Angus Reid poll for April 26th to Angus Reid poll for May 1-2

North

NDP.......54%..........May 1.......NDP............52%

Lib.........22%..............................Lib............31%

Green.....4%...........  ...................Green........11%

Cons.......15%.............................Cons..........4%

Ind/other..4%..............................Ind/other....2%

As you can see, the NDP numbers have barely moved.

Meaning this, for the gender gap vote to have collapsed, it was all in the interior, Socred land, Alberta retiree land., Vancouver Island, NDP and Green vote and independent vote combined is 67%...That leaves 33% for BC Liberals and BC Cons.

Metro Vancouver NDP vote, Green vote and independent combined is 55%..That leaves 45% for BC Cons and BC Liberals to fight over, that`s less than half the pie..

Up North, if you combine the NDP, Greens and independent that totals 65%, again, that leaves 35% for the BC Liberals and the BC Cons to fight over.

So basically, the gender vote percentage change, and even the overall all voter percentage change was all driven by one area, the interior..

I believe that Mario Canseco`s commentary on this latest result was very misleading..And also, the BC Liberal support is very strong in West Vancouver and Richmond, that skews the numbers too...

The New Westminster burger poll has the ndp winning too,and the sign battle, the NDP are way ahead in the sign battle, the only place where the BC Liberals are winning in signs is on public corners, not individual residents..
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The B.C. NDP is winning the election sign war according to more than 150 reports from readers of which party has the most election signs on their block.
Last week, The Vancouver Sun began asking readers to report online which party has the most election signs up in their neighbourhood, to get a better sense of who's winning the campaign where it really matters: on the doorstep, with individual voters.
Of the 154 reports received as of Friday morning, 109 say NDP orange is the most dominant colour on their street.
Thirty-one say the B.C. Liberals have the most signs in their neighbourhood, nine say Green, three Conservative and two Independent/Other.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/winning+election+sign+with+interactive/8334101/story.html#ixzz2SHD00kxY

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And as you can see, Adrian Dix has a commanding lead in the burger poll

Adrian Dix..........411

Christy Clark......144

Jane Sterk..... .....120

John Cummins.....41

Undecided/independent...246

Hot off the Grill!

THE “BUN-OFFICIAL” PROVINCIAL ELECTION POLLS ARE NOW ON AT BURGER HEAVEN!
We are completely unbiased as we invite Eaters (Voters) to pick their favourite Candidate Burgers!

144

The Christy Clark Burger

Liberal Party

 

246

The (B)-UN Decided / Independant Burger.

Undecided / Independant

 

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411

The Adrian Dix Burger

NDP Party

+ view bio

41

The John Cummins Burger

Conservative Party

+ view bio

120

The Jane Sterk Burger

Green Party

http://www.burgerheaven.ca/burger-poll/
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UPDATED 6:10 pm...May 3rd

Ipsos Reid has confirmed my analysis, the NDP lead by 20% points on Vancouver island....48% to 28%

NDP are leading in Metro Vancouver with 47%  to 39% for the BC Liberals.. Ipsos Reid has the NDP leading by 9% points in the interior....41% to 32%

Even more alarming for Christy Clark, Kyle Braid states there is STILL a 20% point gender gap, meaning the NDP have a staggering 20% percentage point lead among female voters.....Meaning those smart females voters still despise Christy Crash Clark!

Over all, Ipsos Reid has the NDP at 45% percent support to the BC Liberals 35% percentage point, that is exactly what this number cruncher stated this morning.."I personally believe the NDP are at 45% percent of support"

The gender gap, NDP have a 20% percentage point lead among female voters, that gap didn`t develop during the writ period, it didn`t develop over the last three months, that gap has been lingering for the better part of 18 months, meaning very early in Christy Clark`s role as premier designate females voters found her distasteful, fake, smirky, flirty, Christy`s I`m really smart professor glasses, whether it`s her nuances, her gait, whatever female voters have keyed in on came early in Clark`s term, it`s still here, ten days to go until E day and that 20% percentage point gender gap is still rearing its head.

That gap is permanent, Clark has thrown everything at the electorate, including the kitchen sink.

Check out the Global link below, Kyle Braid states to the Global viewing audience that the 20% point gender gap continues unabated.



http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=6102



http://globalnews.ca/video/535049/top-story-may-3


Hope I have put your worries to bed..




Don`t let the media spin your mind..

The Straight Goods



Eyes Wide Open

Christy(Crash) Clark Rear Ends Car, Causes Injuries, Finally Settles Out Of Court

Laila Yuile has The Straight Goods...


According to court documents Christy Clark, the habitual red light runner rear-ended a car and caused injuries, Christy Clark admitted fault and settled the claim, (the car was leased to her ex-husband, the limp penis guy, Mark Marissen)... Who was also named in the court case....

(I Still haven`t determined how much Christy Clark had drank..Grant G)

And in case you forgot, Christy Clark who ran a red-light then called her son Hamish a liar when Hamish admitted to Jonathan Fowlie that her mom Christy Clark always runs red lights..A common practice with Christy Clark(according to her son Hamish).

If you are on the roads fellow BCers, if you see Christy Crash Clark behind you, STEER CLEAR!

Watch this outrageously SHOCKING video, Christy Clark caught lying about running red lights, and snickering about it, like a big tee-hee moment..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kvxhrr7Ks0

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VANCOUVER -- A long-standing Supreme Court lawsuit naming B.C. Premier Christy Clark as a defendant was settled out of court just weeks prior to the May 14 provincial election, QMI Agency has learned.

A statement of claim for the 2008 accident alleges the plaintiff was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Clark, then a CKNW radio talk-show host. Mark Marissen, Clark's ex-husband, was also named in the action as the leaseholder of the vehicle, along with Volvo Canada.

Court documents show Clarke and Marissen admitted in the course of legal discussions that Clark did hit the car, but disputed the injuries to the plaintiff among other items.

 http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/archives/sunnews/battlegroundbc/2013/05/20130502-215158.html

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Christy Clark Throws Hamish Under The Campaign Bus

My sincerest condolences goes out to the family and relatives of those who were killed in the horrific car accident in Surrey today..Hundreds of lives affected for the worse, and forever

I wasn`t going to write anything about Christy Clark running red lights in the early morning hours with her son Hamish, until this evening when another article was posted.

Before I get started, my ex, my Marcy who has succumbed to society`s hurt..

When I met Marcy, she was 25, I was 23...She was very shy and timid, after we got together I soon learned that she had suffered early childhood horrific news too, Marcy was five years old, it was New Years eve, she and her four siblings, Marcy and her four sisters were at home with a babysitter, Marcy was the second oldest of the five girls, a bright eyed child full of spunk and little girl dreams..

The year was 1965, Marcy`s parents were out on the town celebrating New Years eve, her parents weren`t drinking, they were driving though..

Her parents were broadsided in an intersection by a driver who blew through a stop sign, a driver that just happened to be an off duty police officer, a police officer who was drunk as a skunk, he slammed into the side of her Marcy`s Dad`s car, both her parents killed instantly..

Back in 1965 they didn`t really have grief councilors or specialized staff to break the news to victimized families ....Marcy recalled the moment forever, she could never let it go, she went into shock, it affected her entire life, ultimately Marcy could never get past it, I wept many a night with Marcy squeezing me for comfort, her nightmares were regular, sleeping beside Marcy while suddenly being awoken to her screaming, crying and trembling, I did my best to help, a simple man of modest means, in thinking about it today I regret I didn`t borrow monies for professional psychiatric help, eventually the endless nightmares emanating from her early childhood stole her entire adult life, she now resides in a specialized unit in Maple Ridge..

That fateful day, 1965, a knock on the door, babysitter answered the door, Marcy, the only one of the five daughters still awake, still awake awaiting the return of her beloved parents..

It was a police officer, Marcy standing behind the babysitter, the police officer stated to the babysitter, unaware that Marcy was standing directly behind her..

 "I`m sorry to inform you, Mr and Mrs Parsons have been killed in a car accident"...

Shortly thereafter, five girls, two sets of grandparents, the girls were separated, Marcy went one way the other girls another, Marcy looked like her dad, or should I say, she had many of his handsome features, the grandparents where Marcy went were ill-equipped to raise another child, especially one that went into shock after the terrible news for months,  where Marcy went her Dad`s brother also resided, he was an alcoholic, he beat Marcy regularly, no one would listen to Marcy`s childhood cry..

Until I met her, a sucker for a sob story, a white knight riding to the rescue..I could save Marcy, turn her life around, I tried everything, we had many good times and many more real bad ones, Marcy could never let her personal nightmare go, now it was a nightmare for both of us, one on-purpose accident in 1965 kept on killing for decades more..

 The drunken driving police officer was barely reprimanded, the RCMP circled their wagons and protected him..five lives shattered, and more, it cost me decades too, for I never realized that eventually I would lose the battle to save Marcy, thus costing me my best years too..

I wrote about Marcy before, in this post, it`s on my frontpage side-bar, in a section titled..My favorite post..here it is below

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 http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2010/08/storm-of-tears-in-your-eyes.html

The Storm of Tears, (In Your Eyes)

Having immersed myself in the dark void of soulless data I find myself becoming increasingly bitter and callous......

If only you could see the world through my eyes, maybe you can, that is my ultimate goal, enlightenment, perhaps that is part of the media`s problem, do journalists see what we see, I can`t sleep anymore, the nightmares don`t stop...

I woke up to tears again this morning, how many of you wake up every other day with salty drops running down your cheeks, have the reporters and journalists stopped seeing, reporting, feeling so they can sleep, I have not that answer but I,..........But I need the tears, it reminds that I still care, my dad has been fishing without me all month, how he does it is beyond me he is over 80, he drags my mom up in the morning and prods her to the boat,a difficult task 20 years ago but now that my mom`s legs don`t work is amazing, a recent colon cancer survivor, lumps, bumps and breakdowns of body will not stop him, not only is he fighting the clock but also the demons.....

A fear of losing his mind has shaped his routine, no one wins that battle with time, at best you can hold the swinging pendulum at bay but for a moment, recently I was in a special section of the Maple Ridge hospital, the woman I was visiting is fighting for freedom, a girl too young to be looking for freedom, society stole her sanity and left her to fend for herself.......

Will her mind return is unknown, the vast majority of patients, victims, fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers in this unit are lost, the visitors to this place are me, sons, daughters, lovers and as I observe, watch, document, sons talking to fathers, daughters to mothers and I see blank stares and fear, blank stares from these loved ones whose minds are gone, memories purged, emotions ripped from their souls only to be replaced with pills and water......And fear in the eyes of blood related visitors........

Fear of ending up in the same place, crossword puzzles and Sudoko have been standard fare for my dad for years, I know what his fear is, not the clock but the blank stare, he has no worries as he still betters me when watching/playing Jeopardy, I am looking forward to spending labour day weekend with my parents, fishing with mom and dad has always been a temporary tear stopper for me, China Creek and Bamfield will provide the backdrop......

Recently mom told me dad said to her that despite his fits of anger towards me at times that he thinks I`m brilliant, I have been waiting a lifetime to hear that, not that I am brilliant or special but who doesn`t need the occasional compliment, with my dad emotions have always been hard for him, where as my mom it`s the complete opposite, passion and anger bubbles through......

Someone blessed me with a mix of both, cold calculated analytical with uncontrollable emotions, I was raised with warnings about being cannon fodder, taught to think and decide, to examine all sides and be vocal, yet that price is tears when I sleep and thoughts that can`t be stopped, happiness is fleeting and eludes me and I can`t help but think of the blank stares of fathers and mothers whose minds have been purged and the children who live in fear of ending up in the same state.......

Why? Those empty minds sleep without tears and peace seems to be in their grasp, I have not any answers only more questions, I`ll be gone fishing next week and I will have arguments with my dad and lose every one of them and he won`t call me brilliant, he`ll call me something and when I sleep I will wake up to tears and any happiness will be but a facade, my earliest memories are of fishing with dad and mom wiping my tears away, I was never promised happiness, all I look forward to now is completion, you know what our goal is and damn it, even if it kills me we will continue......

And I wouldn`t want it any other way.

http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2010/08/storm-of-tears-in-your-eyes.html
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Jonathan Fowlie wrote on op-ed piece featuring Christy Clark, the story was about the day in the life of a politician, a day with Christy Clark, a day that started very early in the morning, roughly 5:00 am, Christy was driving Hamish to a goalie training center/hockey practice, something many parents do..

Not much traffic at that time of day, here they(Christy, Hamish and Fowlie) are at an intersection, Hamish talks his mom(Christy Clark) into running the red light, yes they were stopped first, and yes no traffic was coming, and yes Christy Clark took her foot off the brake and plowed through the empty intersection...I`m offended, especially after the language, the conversation, a conversation recorded by Jonathan Fowlie...

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by Vancouver Sun reporter Jonathan Fowlie, comes this shocking illegal and dangerous driving by Clark:


“Let’s see you go through this red light,” 

 Hamish challenged as they pulled up that morning, at 5:15 a.m., to an abandoned Vancouver intersection.


“I might. Don’t test me,” Clark replies.


“Yeah. Go ahead.”

“Should I?” Clark

“There’s no one.”


“Would you go through? You shouldn’t because that would be breaking the law,” she says.

And with that the car has already sailed underneath the stale red stoplight and through the empty intersection.


“You always do that,” says Hamish. 


http://bcblue.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/christy-clark-intentionally-runs-a-red-light-on-sons-dare/



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You always do that states Hamish...Alright, so Christy doesn`t obey the law, she takes motoring shortcuts whereas most obey the laws, as pesky as they may be..On Saturday(April 27th) Christy is questioned by reporters on this activity, she responded with..."It was 5:10 am" with her usual teethy smirk....In other words, no traffic, no foul, no harm..



And then today, five people, three adults and two children had their lives snuffed out by a driver who went through a red light....Dozens, maybe hundreds of lives forever altered for the worse, again Christy Clark was questioned by reporters about running red lights, today her answer was more contrite, at least I thought it was more contrite..

 http://globalnews.ca/bc/program/news-hour-bc/

As I said, I wasn`t going to write about this tragedy and or Christy Clark`s stupid red-light running decision making until...

Until this story was posted in the Vancouver Sun (Sunday evening)..And what Christy Clark said, which angered me to my core..


 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/bc-election/Busy+weekend+British+Columbia+politicians+before/8307678/story.html





"Clark said Sunday at a North Vancouver campaign stop that it was wrong of her to run the red light, she refuted her son`s assertion that it is something she does frequently" ..

That`s it, the final straw for me,  I have left Hamish out of my political stories, candidate families were out of bounds, a no go zone, Christy Clark infused Hamish into the political spotlight, and now she threw her own son under the bus by calling him a liar, Hamish tells the truth and Christy Clark lambastes her own son to try and save her own skin, this is too low, even for Christy Clark.

Are we to believe the very first time Christy Clark runs a red light is with Jonathan Fowlie aboard doing an interview, and her son lies to Fowlie, and Christy Clark doesn`t correct Hamish at the time, not until Christy Clark is questioned again by reporters, questioned after this horrific on-purpose accident that slaughtered three adults and two innocent children, Christy Clark trying to save her sorry butt tosses Hamish under her political campaign bus..

Will you ever stop lying Christy?

For shame Christy Clark, for shame.


My Kindest Condolences to those affected, I`ll be looking for five new bright twinkling stars in the universe..

The Straight Goods

Cheers Eyes Full Of Tears