Last Friday on the cutting edge of the ledge radio program on cknw featuring Keith Baldrey, Vaughn Palmer and Bill Good....I don`t believe I have ever heard such a disgusting excuse filled, wafflegabfest in all my life, clearly those three stooges have shown their true colours, their true agenda, they lied, bullshitted and fought with every caller, those stooges not only argued with every caller(BC Ferry story callers) they repeated every BC Liberal spin doctor talking point...It was shameful, disgusting and grounds for formal complaints to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council(CBSC)....If those three pundits are going to work for the BC Liberal party/BC Government they need to tell listeners who their allegiance is to, and who is paying them..
I`m going to do some paraphrasing here, and point by point I`m going to destroy the lies laid down by Vaughn Palmer, Bill Good and Twitter follower counter Keith Baldrey..
Vaughn Palmer said...Inland ferries receive the same subsidy as coastal ferries, but inland ferries are pulled across by cables or by the current, they burn no fuel and pay for themselves..
No, that`s a lie, every inland ferries is free, there are 30 minute inland ferry crossings, 35 minutes ferry crossings that take car and driver, these ferries burn fuel, the price for those crossings is free, how can free ferry crossings pay for themselves?
Francois Lake-Southbank..52 car capacity, crossing time 20 minutes, price..Free
Shelter Bay-Galena Bay...50 car capacity, crossing time 20 minutes, price..Free.
Kootenay Bay-Balfour..80 car capicity, crossing time 40 minutes, price, free..
These inland/interior of British Columbia motorized ferries are free, how can free ferry rides pay for themselves Vaughn Palmer?
And look at similar NDP riding coastal ferries..
Campbell River-Quadra Island, 68 car capacity, crossing time, 10 minutes..Price..car and driver only, $42 dollars, add $19 dollars if you want a reservation.
Vancouver island to Denman island, car capacity 50, crossing time 10 minutes, price, car and driver only, $42 dollars.
Horseshoe bay to Bowen island, car capacity 85, crossing time 15 minutes, price, car and driver only, $54 dollars
Westview to Texada island, car capacity 49, crossing time 35 minutes, price, car and driver only, $45 dollars...
The cost of those trips are one way only, double the price for a return trip, and each passenger in your vehicle increases the cost by $30 dollars for a round trip..
How is that the same as inland ferries Vaughn Palmer?
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Keith Baldrey said, why should people in the interior of the province subsidize ferry travellers on the coast, BC Ferries already receives a $170 million dollar subsidy
Keith Baldrey said, Washington state ferries have on some ferries 1/3 rd the staffing levels of BC Ferries, Transport Canada demands these staffing levels, that`s why you can`t compare Washington State Ferry CEO and upper management wages to BC Ferry CEO and upper management wages..
Keith Baldrey said on Friday past, Everyone he knows, all the businessmen don`t ride on BC Ferries, they take the Heli-jet back n forth..
Keith Baldrey, what does staffing levels have to do with CEO wages, Washington State Ferry CEO makes per year $165,000.00 dollars....BC Ferries has a CEO making $600,000.00 per year and another 6 upper management pulling down over $500,000.00 per year..
Keith Baldrey, are you suggesting people not take BC Ferries and take the heli-jet instead, how does one travel to various cities in the GVRD, or vice-versa, how does one travel on the island, with kids, packages, should all those wealthy common folks take taxis, or a limo?
Keith Baldrey, do we all not pay to maintain highways in BC, up north, desolate highways, in fact Keith, Vaughn, Billy..
Do you know that just one highway, the Sea to Sky highway that cost $800 million to upgrade, do you know that the 24 year maintenance contract for just that one highway is over $2 billion dollars, did you know the maintenance cost of that one highway is over $100 million dollars per year, every year, whether maintenance is needed or not...Did you know that..BC Ferries carries far more people than that highway, and that boys is just one highway maintenance contract, ...BC Ferries pays, the BC Government pays nothing to paint BC Ferry`s roads, no pot holes to be fixed, no repaving, the ocean requires nothing..That Sea To Sky highway ripoff story is here..
Bill good, Baldrey, Palmer all said BC Ferries is not part of the highway system
Really boys(stooges) how are the interior ferries part of the highway system, is it because those are BC Liberal/BC Socred party held ridings?
And clearly WAC Bennett did believe BC Ferries were critical to BCers, critical to business, to tourism, to opening up British Columbia..
I suggest you read these shocking facts..
Vaughn Palmer said....There is no proof lowering ferry fees will increase ridership, ferry travel is down on our inland ferries and they are free..
Well, if that doesn`t take the cake, Vaughn Palmer, how did you come to that conclusion, because ferry travel is down on free interior ferries?..How come there are massive line ups heading south every weekend, massive line ups of BC Shoppers heading south for goods and gas, does not price drive that traffic, does not Las Vegas and Reno subsidize airfare and hotels costs just to get customers to their gaming tables, obviously price matters....Lowering prices doesn`t increase ridership, absurd Vaughn, absolutely absurd, with your logic BC Ferries should double the price of ferry travel, that will make no difference, ...Sheesh, unbelievable!
In tourism, it takes a long time to build a reputation, it takes a long time to rebuild a reputation, BC Ferries has a bad reputation from word of mouth, yes it`s true that a 10% mid-week discount in November, January won`t likely drive more traffic, but a 50% reduction in summer will drive traffic, increase tourism..
I personally know RV and boaters who don`t travel to Vancouver island anymore, a round trip towing a boat on BC Ferries with your family is $600.00..or more, just for ferry fees!
Those one-time Vancouver Island tourists now go east, go south, and newsflash, people towing boats and RV should get cheap ferry fares, because that means tourism dollars, hundreds of dollars to fill up a boat`s gas tank, that means food buying, recreational sites, breakdowns and repairs, hotel and motel stays, that means a flourishing tourism and flourishing local businesses, that means more employment..
BC Ferry`s have destroyed their reputation and you can`t flip a lightswitch and get that back..It will take time..
Keith Baldrey, Vaughn Palmer, Billy Good said...If people choose to live on an island they shouldn`t expect the rest of British Columbia to subsidize their lifestyle..
Well boys, Powell river, the Sunshine Coast are not islands, they are part of the mainland, in fact many years ago, late 90`s there was a plan to build a big highway from Langdale to Powell river, once you get off at Langdale there is this major thoroughfare that travels northwest, but it ends a couple of miles up the hill, and reverts back to the old coastal scenic drive, the project was abandoned over cost..Without BC Ferries...BC Governments concluded decades ago that it was cheaper to have a ferry to the Sunshine Coast than to build a highway up and around the top end of Howe Sound and then back to the coast, it would cost $billions....We are not an island, we are mainland, look at a damn map..
So we aren`t on a island and Vancouver Island is bigger than some European countries, hundreds of miles long..And, it`s not an island when you are standing on it..Yes cknw gets many idiot callers, hey Ron..You are an idiot!, Ron calls and complains that people went to Vancouver island for cheap housing, and that they shouldn`t complain about ferry fares, and if they do they should move to Vancouver and buy a condo if they can`t afford a $1 million dollar plain old house..
Yes Ron the caller at CKNW..You are indeed an idiot!
Ok BC Liberals, go ahead and remove the ferries to the Sunshine coast and build us a highway, get on it will ya!..We are waiting, I and my fellow Sunshine Coasters will happily pay a $3 dollar toll each way...Start paving!
Vancouver trade and convention center loses money every year yet convention fees aren`t increased because the BC Liberals claim the convention center creates economic activity, and it does, about 1/1000th of the economic activity surrounding BC ferries..
Gordon Campbell really screwed us with BC Ferries, he stole $500 million dollars from BC ferries to balance his 2005 election budget, that`s why he privatized it, to keep prying eyes from finding out..Vaughn, Keith and Billy know this, they refuse to acknowledge it..
They also know that BC ferries could save over $30 million dollars on interest payments per year on their $1.6 billion dollar debt if they were returned to crown corporation status..as a part of Government their interest rate would be cut in half, this too was a deliberate defunding of BC Ferries of $millions of dollars, monies going into private friends hands, private friends of the BC liberals.
The bottom line is political revenge, Vancouver Island and coastal ridings for decades have been BC NDP country, BC Liberals don`t need those ridings to form Government, if they did these antics and crimes would never happen, if coastal ridings were held by BC Liberal and interior ridings held by NDP.... BC Ferries would be almost free..or free..
This is vindictiveness by a BC Liberal Government, but it`s also very stupid, it is very poor economic planning, they are biting off their nose to spite their face, tourism means jobs, means tax dollars, gas tax dollars..Vancouver island is huge, those visitors fill their car up with Canada`s most expensive gasoline..They stay in hotels, at resorts, they play golf, go fishing..
The Sunshine coast too, business are hurting up here and on the island, and it will only get worse..
BC Ferry service needs to be restored and ferry fees need to be cut in half or more, and it`s not a sop to anyone, it makes good business sense, there might be short term pain however, it will result in long term gain..
However, BC Liberals couildn`t run a peanut stand, that`s why BC`s debt is over $70 billion dollars, over $170 billion if you count all BC`s debt and commitments..
British Columbia`s true debt numbers can be found here..
You must listen to three stooges on last Friday`s radio show on cknw, listen to them lie, confuse and bafflegab, listen to them defend the BC Liberal Government with vigor, listen to them fight with every caller, Keith Baldrey and Billy Good get really flustered and start to yell..its obvious they got their marching order from the BC Liberals and CKNW`s management/ownership team....Its also obvious the BC Liberals are trying to make the BC Ferry mess leave the front pages...Cue up last Friday November 22/ 10:00 AM......(Thanks Merv Adey)..cue the spin doctors.
Have your barfbags ready....For shame on you stooges, Keith Baldrey, Vaughn Palmer, Bill Good, you have attained new all-time lows for media, and I thought that was impossible, you clowns proved me wrong, the media, that`s a mistake, BC Liberal spin doctors is your real title!
This is really getting pathetic, Enbridge and the Harper Conservatives are acting like mobsters, enforcers, dealers of threats, no more Stephen Harper, I along with thousands of others will fight to stop this, even if it means my death.
There has been a new study released from the university of Calgary, home of Jack Mintz and many other oil fraudsters, this study talks about money in the hundreds of $billions of dollars over 20 odd years of this project, the study talks about people years of employment, the economic boon to Canada, to Ontario and to British Columbia, and exactly how much money would flow to British Columbia?
Before I get there I would like to toss a few real numbers around....
Vancouver trade and convention center, $400 million over budget for a total cost of....$985 million dollars.
(Meanwhile, NDP MLA Adrian Dix called the convention expansion a “financial disaster." The original price tag was $495 million, which included a
capped federal injection to share the cost. In the end, expenditures
rose to $883 million, leaving the province on the hook for almost $400
million. “This is the largest overrun of any public project in
B.C. history,” Dix told The Tyee in an interview before the opening.
“That money is now spent and gone.”)
New RCMP headquarters in Surrey...$1.2 billion dollars and counting.
( "He said the cost for the RCMP's yet-to-be completed divisional
headquarters in Surrey was originally pegged at $300 million, but the
price tag has now risen to $1.2 billion.")
Canada line, original estimated cost, $1.6 billion dollars... (The real cost $2.7 billion dollars. (The cost of the Canada Line is now understood to be over $2.5 billion, with some estimates as high as $2.8 billion.)
BC Place upgrades and roof...$785 million dollars.
On the same day that David Basi and Bob Virk plead guilty in the BC
Rail Corruption trial, news is coming out that the renovated BC Place
stadium will become the eighth priciest sports stadium in North America
and the 13th most costly venue in the world. The BC Place stadium’s 13th
place ranking is out of 12,000 venues. Total cost for the stadium will be approximately $835 million.
Those are real dollars...I would like to show you some more dollar figures.
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BP is budgeting for maximum final costs of $41bn to settle fines, compensation
and clean-up operations, based on the assumption that it will not be found
guilty of any allegations of gross negligence.
However, estimates from Moody's say the figure could be much higher, with BP's
estimate of the cost at the very bottom end of expectations.
"We still do not know the total cost and penalties from the spill, but
our analysis suggested the figure would be roughly $40bn-$60bn,"
Moody's analysts said.
It is now a year to the day since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank,
killing 11 men. Moody's points out it will take until late 2012 to get any
legal outcomes that determine the size of fines for BP.
The rating agency believes that BP can still afford to pay liabilities of
$60bn, based on the fact that it has more than $30bn of free cash flow and
is disposing of $30bn in assets. It said BP's A2 credit rating is not likely
to suffer
Read more here
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Now those are real numbers my friends, real costs, but guess what...BP screwed over every little guy with help from a gaggle of high priced lawyers and these shysters delivered this result to British Petroleum..
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US District court has dismissed over 100,000 lawsuits brought
against BP And Transocean to pay for oil spill clean up costs and
environmental damages caused to the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Gulf Oil
Spill. The court ruled that injury stopped the moment the well was
sealed and the Federal Government, aka The US Taxpayer, is now liable
for clean up costs along with any damages caused by deficiencies of the
cleanup of the Gulf Of Mexico.
The US District Courts have ruled that since oil is no longer flowing
from the Macando Well BP and Transocean are not liable for cleanup
costs and damages from the BP Gulf Oil Spill since the “well has already
been sealed and the injury has already been committed”. In the ruling the court goes on note that Federal Government is in
charge of the oil spill clean up efforts. Thus any damages related to
the cleanup are now the burden of the Federal Government, meaning the US
Taxpayer. The ruling means that Taxpayers are not only liable for the clean up
of the BP Gulf Oil Spill but it also means that any damages caused by
deficiencies of the clean up in the Gulf is now also the responsibility
of the US Taxpayer. The lawsuits against BP have been bundled into separate packages with
all of the lawsuits pertaining to BP’s liability for cleanup costs and
environmental damages being dismissed with this ruling. Activists Post reports :
Sabrina Canfield Courthouse News Service
Friday, June 17, 2011Last Update: 9:13 AM PT NEW ORLEANS – Ruling in favor of Transocean and BP, a federal judge
on Thursday dismissed third-party environmental claims in a giant
pleading bundle in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation, saying
the fact that the oil flow has stopped makes those lawsuits irrelevant. “The injunction at this stage would be useless, as not only is there
no ongoing release from the well, but there is also no viable offshore
facility from which any release could possibly occur,” U.S. District
Judge Carl Barbier wrote. “The Macondo well is dead, and what remains of
the Deepwater Horizon vessel is on the ocean floor, where it capsized
and sank in 5,000 feet of water. “Moreover, BP and the agencies comprising the Unified Area Command
have been and are cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico. An injury is not
redressable by a citizen suit when the injury is already being
addressed.” Judge Barbier is overseeing the massive, consolidated oil spill
litigation, which has been divided into “bundles,” based upon the nature
of the claims. In instances where claims in the D1 bundle pertain to how the oil is
being cleaned up, Barbier ruled that even if he allowed those claims to
go forward, the claimants are not directly involved in the cleanup, so
a ruling in their favor would not affect how the cleanup is
progressing. “The D1 defendants do not unilaterally direct the cleanup activities
in the Gulf; such activities have been under the control of the
National Incident Commander, Federal on-Scene Coordinator, Unified Area
Command, and the Coast Guard in cooperation with other federal
agencies. Thus, plaintiffs cannot show that an order from this court
would actually resolve [to the defendants for] any potential deficiency
in the ongoing cleanup,” Barbier wrote. “In order to prevail on their claims for injunctive relief,
plaintiffs must demonstrate an ongoing violation of various statutes on
which plaintiffs’ claims for relief is based. Because the Macondo well
is dead and is no longer discharging oil, plaintiffs’ only claims are
confined to seeking environmental citizen suit injunctive relief of a
prospective nature to stop noncompliance in the form of a continued
release of oil. Thus, the citizen suit claims brought by the plaintiffs
are moot, because no future-orientated injunction can provide
any meaningful relief for plaintiffs in terms of stopping discharges
that already concluded in mid-July 2010.” Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, operated by BP, exploded
and burned 50 miles off the Louisiana coast on April 20, 2010, killing
11 and setting off the worst oil spill in history. [Hundreds of]
Millions of gallons of oil were spilled in the next 87 days. More than 100,000 people have filed lawsuits seeking damages from the spill. The lawsuits dismissed on Thursday belonged to the D1 pleading bundle. D1 bundle claims were filed by third-party organizations that alleged
environmental damages under the Clean Water Act; the Endangered
Species Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act; and the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-To-Know Act. This was the first ruling arising from issues addressed during a May
26 hearing on the defendants’ motions to dismiss particular bundles. Claims with varying types of damages were included in more than one bundle, depending on type of claim. In dismissing the D1 claims, Barbier said the claims could still be
heard if they seek damages for violations other than environmental
claims. “To the extent that plaintiffs assert claims under general maritime
law and/or state law, the court will consider those claims separately
when it addresses the pending motions to dismiss the B1 bundle master
complaint,” Barbier wrote. During the May 26 hearing, Barbier indicated that he might find the claims asserted in the D1 bundle were moot. “The fundamental argument is that this is all moot because the well is sealed,” Barbier said. During the hearing, Ervin Gonzales, of the plaintiff steering
committee, said the cleanup has not been adequate and “the environment
is suffering.” Greg Buppert, an attorney for Defenders of Wildlife, told Barbier at
the hearing that “the Endangered Species Act is not linked to the well
spill; it is linked to the take of species.” In response, Barbier cited the federal government’s investigation of
the spill. Federal attorneys have said that criminal charges will be
filed if the investigation turns up evidence of willful negligence by
the defendants. Because of the continuing investigation, the government has tried to
keep certain issues undercover. For instance, autopsy results of the
hundreds of dead baby dolphins that have washed up along the Gulf Coast
have been kept private, and independent scientists have not been
allowed to conduct their own autopsies. “Isn’t that what the federal government is doing?” Barbier asked on
May 26. “It sounds like you think they may not do it right.” Later that day, Barbier told Buppert: “It’s speculative right now.
You’re surmising that somebody is going to do something that you don’t
like.” Attorneys did not immediately return calls for comment.
Read more here
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Where was I, oh yea.....What exactly does British Columbia get out of this deal?..What would be worth risking Orca, Salmon, kelp beds, shellfish and our tourism industry, what exactly would BC get, certainly the university of Calgary would give us The Straight goods on what BC could expect for taking ALL the RISK.....Let`s have a little look at the university of Calgary numbers..
Sorry to keep you in suspense, there is one other number I would like to show you first..
_______________________________________________________ DALLAS -- Albert Pujols
could have been a wealthy Cardinal for life, planning for the day his
statue would be erected outside Busch Stadium next to those of Stan
Musial, Bob Gibson and the other St. Louis greats.
Instead, exactly six weeks after leading the Cardinals to a second
title in one of the most thrilling World Series ever, he decided to
accept the second-highest contract in baseball history for a new future
in southern California with the Los Angeles Angels. The three-time NL MVP agreed Thursday to a US$254 million, 10-year
contract with the Angels, leaving behind a heartbroken fan base by
jilting one of the sport's traditional teams for an expansion club with
only one championship in its half-century.
Read more here....
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Did you catch that number, Albert Pujois, a baseball player has signed a deal that will pay him $254 million US dollars over 10 years, that really must be a lot of money, 10 years, $25 million dollars per year for 10 years....Where was I, right, how much would the Province of BC and its 4 million inhabitants receive from taking all the risk on the northern enbridge pipeline to Kitimat over the life of the project...
Here`s what the university of Calgary has to say on that matter..
_________________________________________________________ The University of Calgary's School of Public Policy issued an
analysis Thursday concluding that with expanded pipeline access to U.S.
and Asian markets, Canada's gross domestic product would jump $132
billion in 2010 dollars between 2016 and 2030, generating $27 billion in
federal, provincial and municipal taxes and 649,000 person-years of
employment.
But the study also shows that the overwhelming economic benefit of pipeline expansion to B.C. goes to Alberta.
The
opening of the Asian market would trigger $10.5 billion in gains and
52,000 person-years of employment in Canada, but almost $10 billion of
that wealth and 44,000 person-years go to Alberta.
Ontario would get
$286 million and 4,000 person-years, while B.C. would enjoy $131 million
and 2,000 person-years.
The study also "suggests" that B.C.
would gain an additional $85 million in GDP and another 1,000
person-years due to increased exports to California if pipelines are
built to the West Coast.
Do you see what British Columbia will receive over 15 years, $131 million dollars plus another "suggested" $85 million dollars for a total of...$216 million dollars over 15 years, that works out to $14.4 million dollars per year, Albert Pujois will make way more than that as a single solitary ballplayer, Are you KIDDING ME!....Hell no way, Ontario gets more money out of this deal than BC without taking any risk...
If the British Columbia number was a hundred times greater the risk still wouldn`t be worth it!
And the people are starting to fight back against this proposed atrocity...Here is what the town of Prince Rupert is submitting to the Enbridge review..
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The City of Prince Rupert has released a draft of its written
submission to the government hearings on the proposed Enbridge Northern
Gateway Pipeline, which are set top begin next month.
Boiled-down to its most basic message, the submission
argues that Prince Rupert depends on a pristine marine environment too
much to put it at risk – no matter how statistically small that risk is –
by having oil tankers sailing out of Kitimat.
The submission itself is kept clean of any slights
against Enbridge the company, nor does it point out any particular
aspect or perceived flaws of the project that are cause for concern.
Instead of arguing the moral responsibility of protecting the
environment, they make their argument with the same tools that the
energy company often makes theirs: economics.
The thrust of the City's argument is that many of the
existing industries in Prince Rupert depend on a clean marine
environment for survival. Prince Rupert's tourism for instance relies on
it for everything from the nice views for drawing in tourists, to
sports fishing and grizzly bear tours.
“Needless to say a Prince William Sound-esque (Exxon
Valdez) oil spill would put much of the economic activity in jeopardy
not to mention the destruction of marine habitat,” reads the draft
submission.
The City also worries what an accident would mean for those who make their living from harvesting resources from the ocean.
“The harvesting of salmon, halibut, herring, crabs and a
host of other marine species generates tens of millions of dollars into
the Prince Rupert and regional economy. Historically, a clean marine
environment has allowed Prince Rupert to literally generate billions of
dollars in economic activity."
The City also argues that First Nations people who live
in Prince Rupert have a right to harvest the ocean for social,
ceremonial and cultural purpose, a right they could not exercise if the
waters off Prince Rupert were ever polluted. This, they fear, would have
a profoundly negative effect on aboriginal communities.
“For time immemorial, Coastal First Nation peoples have
depended on a clean marine environment to sustain their civilization.
That dependency exists to this day even in our modern world.”
The City advocates that the National Energy Board's
joint review panel for assessing the pipeline project should use a
method called “the triple bottom line approach.” Using this approach, a
potential development is assessed on its social, environmental and
economic value, instead of just trying to figure out if a project's
economic benefit outweighs the environmental risk.
This approach is meant to give a better idea of how a
project will effect quality of life in a region. The city says that the
triple bottom line approach is the basis for the Prince Rupert's Quality of Life Official Community Plan. The
result has been, according to the city, that development in Prince
Rupert has gone ahead while keeping in mind how much residents value
their environment.
“Even with growth, Prince Rupert has retained its
natural and pristine look and feel. Development has been balanced as a
result of the retention of natural landscapes, harbour views and
mountain views and focusing higher densities and larger buildings
downtown,” reads the submission.
With environmental conservation being an important
factor for the survival of existing industries and for preserving Prince
Rupert's quality of life for its residents, the City concludes that:
“Any negative effect on the physical environment severely handicaps the community to exist as it desires.”
The written submission will not be the only
participation in the Enbridge hearings that the City is planning. The
City of Prince Rupert has also registered as an intervenor, which means
that it will be allowed to submit questions and present evidence at the
hearings when they get underway
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This is getting ridiculous, British Columbia gets nothing, over 15 years and British Columbia won`t even get enough money for a 1/4 of a new roof on BC Place, The Basi/Virk BC Rail corruption trial and payoff cost all toll, over $35 million dollars in legal fees, the lawsuit BC paid to Boss power was $30 million dollars, the lawsuit BC had to pay to the HEU for illegally ripping up contracts cost over $85 million dollars, add in all the BC Government`s lawyers and legal costs and those three BC Liberal scandals and crimes alone cost more to British Columbia than all the money we would receive from the northern pipeline...
Christy Clucking Clark.....Get off the fence, take a piss or get off the pot, what is your position on the Enbridge pipeline, you better think long and hard about your answer...
After all, British Columbia has a staggering $14.4 million dollars per year on the line(insert sarcasm here)
More than 600 fierce protesters on a cold February 4th Wintry day in Prince Rupert held a huge rally against the Enbridge Northern pipeline and the Stephen Harper Federal Government...You can lump Christy Clark and John Cummins in that group too..
This is just the beginning of the battle, Prince Rupert, both the people, the fisherman, First Nations and locals, including City Council who are registered opponents of this pipeline, Prince Rupert has a $100 million dollar plus commercial fishery that would be destroyed in the inevitable tanker spill, not to mention the 1000`s of barrels of oil Enbridge admits will be spilled by their pipeline, oil spilled inland, in salmon bearing streams, in rivers, in our watershed, every major BC fresh waterway will be polluted by this pipeline..
Joe Oliver, Stephen Harper, these people in Prince Rupert aren`t radicals, these are Bcer`s who are prepared to die to stop your dirty oil pipeline, you will not be permitted to complete this project...Are you ready for Canadian civil war Harper?, we are!
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"More than 600 protesters have taken to the streets of Prince Rupert, B.C., to oppose Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to Kitimat, a port on the northern B.C. coast.
The super-sized rally is being hosted by the Hartley Bay First Nation, a tiny village at the end of the Douglas Channel — the main access point for tankers arriving at the planned Enbridge terminal in Kitimat. Marvin Robinson, a band councillor, says residents are worried about risks posed by hundreds of oil tankers passing their community.
'This is the life I have been brought up in. This is what I want my kids to enjoy.'—Cameron Hill, Hartley Bay councillor
Other First Nations, environmentalists, local leaders, residents and even rock artist Bif Naked are also turning out to support Hartley Bay. Prince Rupert City Councillor Jennifer Rice is also an opponent of the project and believes taking over the city for a day is a symbolic gesture of unity.
"We may associate negative feelings and negative emotions with this project but the irony of it is that actually brings people together," said Rice.
Hartley Bay councillor Cameron Hill has said in the past he is willing to die to stop the Enbridge project.
"Because I don't know any other life. This is the life I have been brought up in. This is what I want my kids to enjoy. And I want them to have the life that I have had, which I consider to be the best life ever."
Read more here
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This is not a threat Stephen Harper, this is a promise, there will be bloodshed and riots, there will be civil dis-obedience, any Government whether be Federal or Provincial will be stripped of Governing power if they proceed against BC`s wishes, any illegal push forward by Enbridge will be met with 1000`s willing to die...
I see many pundits, both on air and in the Bloggosphere have been trying to make hay of the sudden surge by the NDP in the latest Angus Reid poll...
"It`s the pipeline stupid"....To coin a phrase from Clinton ...
"It`s the economy stupid"
British Columbia knows the risk and the reward is nothing, we lose our claim as world heritage site, tourism loss alone makes it a loser even without a spill, but there will be spills, lots of little ones, and a few big ones inland and eventually a disastrous coastal tanker spill, and when they spill, pollute and destroy the process won`t stop, meaning if there was a tragic oil event Enbridge and Sinopec wouldn`t say ..Yea, you were right, too dangerous we`ll stop, no, they will carry on to spill and spill again and isn`t there one damn super natural pristine jewel that can be left intact, .....left for everyone, left for tomorrow, left without threat....
Ask the children of British Columbia what they think, ask the parents, ask the locals, ask the voters,....."It`s the pipeline stupid"
140 jobs and 20$ million per year versus a fragile paradise.
This crosses all party lines, Conservatives, Liberals NDPers, Greens....
The poll numbers will grow and grow with soon 60% supporting the NDP, opposition to Enbridge and Harper is a strategy that can`t lose, cutting health care when boomers are coming, pensions too, and out here in the wildwest if there is one thing that binds us together is our love of our wild clean pristine province and teeming ocean, nothing else is as powerful in British Columbia, not the church, not money, not GOD, not even hockey...
Any party that doesn`t come out swinging against the northern Enbridge pipeline are going down hard, Christy Clark has chosen her gambit and is looking for a Federal gig after she and the BC Liberals are routed from power, John Cummins is finished too, his support of Enbridge`s dirty pipeline have cooked both his and Christy Clark`s goose...
This is the story, Canadians from coast to coast are rallying against Harper, against Enbridge, you will find in the next few Federal polls that Harper support has declined to small minority status, and in BC soon to be third party status...
And from the sad reality to the comedic tragedy side of things, there is one self-proclaimed king of pundits who thinks a Conservative/BC Liberal coalition is in the offing, false on all grounds, this same pundit believes Dianne Watts can be recruited to save the Corrupted and criminal BC Liberals...FALSE AGAIN!
WAC Bennett, Ronald Reagan, JFK, and the creator himself could rise from the ashes join arms with the BC Liberals and still not be able to carry BC Liberals or Conservatives to victory...Enbridge is that big, bigger than BC Rail, bigger than anything in BC`s history.
Enbridge`s dirty pipeline makes the HST betrayal look like stuck gum on one`s shoe, Prince Rupert didn`t rally that hard against the HST, but this pipeline, big oil, Stephen Harper, Gordon Campbell, Enbridge owners, none of them understand anything, either you love our salmon, eagles, our orca whales or you don`t, there is no amount of money that will deter 80% of British Columbians from fighting to the death to stop this..
Harper will soon be charged with treason for this energy fraud, this economic ponzi scheme, this fraudulent sale of land locked oil to Petro-China...The corporate law suits are being filed as we speak, Petro-China was sold a bill of goods and were promised access to Kitimat, no one has that authority and those who proclaim to have had it lied, someone will have to return Petro-China their money and shoo them away
Adrian Dix and the NDP, both provincially and Federally are dead set against Enbridge`s northern pipeline proposal, Christy Clark and her party are dead because of Enbridge support, the election is over, John Cummins is a dead floating fish bellied up in the water, it`s going to be an NDP super majority and you can thank Stephen Harper and Enbridge for that...
The First Nation`s law suits will still be in the courts before the Enbridge pipeline is even started, Stephen Harper will be removed from power before then, when the Federal NDP take power Enbridge`s pipeline will be scuttled for good..
Christy Clark might save her party`s bacon if she vowed to stop Enbridge by whatever means possible, but with an Enbridge lobbyist as her chief of staff and a cushy federal gig in the offing she won`t, and BC Liberals lie, it`s their only constant, lies that is...
Once 50,000 people or more storm Vancouver`s streets when the NEB hearings arrive in downtown Vancouver their eyes will open to the truth, Occupy Vancouver, no, it will be occupy the mountains, occupy the battle grounds, occupy British Columbia, occupy the prisons if need be..
"Enbridge is Dead on Arrival"
Nothing else matters to true British Columbians, the list is long and growing of those prepared to die to stop Harper and Enbridge, it numbers in the 1000`s..
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Enbridge will never be permitted to pull thuggery games on BC, we will run them out of our province, Enbridge will be charged with crimes against humanity and be jailed, along with those Chinese controlled politicians
Stephen Harper, Joe Oliver, Enbridge, we in British Columbia look forward to ending your project and bringing down the Federal Government...
And no Dianne Watts or Superman can save either the BC Liberals or your dirty pipeline..
Not today, not tomorrow, not ever, to the Death Enbridge.
Here is the list of British Columbia MPs, Email them, or even better, pick up the phone and tell these Conservative MPs that they are risking their political lives and personal safety by not stopping Harper`s Tar Sand energy ponzi scheme.
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UPDATED. August 15th 2012....
About 1,000 square kilometres of islands have disappeared from
Douglas Channel in an animated depiction of Enbridge Inc.'s proposed
Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker route. The project would send
bitumen by pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to Kitimat, where it would
be loaded onto tankers for export to Asia.
A video on the Enbridge
website shows Douglas Channel as a wide open funnel leading from
Kitimat to the Pacific, omitting the narrow channels, islands and rocky
outcrops that make up the potential tanker access route.
The view
of Douglas Channel sprang to public attention after Lori Waters, a
Vancouver Island researcher and owner of a biomedical communications
company, created overlays and maps showing the real Douglas Channel and
posted the images on Facebook. Reaction against Enbridge - which is fighting an image problem because of recent pipeline spills - was swift.
"I find the pictures shocking. It's reprehensible behaviour," said University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver.
Enbridge is still at it, fake maps Enbridge animated, they animated islands, channels and turns right out of the map, this company Enbridge are nothing but corrupt gangsters, environment destroyers, liars, thieves and bullies, they will soon be out of British Columbia, lock, stock and or by the barrel of a .........
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Albas, Dan, Okanagan-Coquihalla (Conservative Party)
Atamanenko, Alex, British Columbia Southern Interior (New Democratic Party)
Cannan, Ron, Kelowna-Lake Country (Conservative Party)
Crowder, Jean, Nanaimo-Cowichan (New Democratic Party)
Cullen, Nathan, Skeena-Bulkley Valley (New Democratic Party)
Davies, Don, Vancouver Kingsway (New Democratic Party)
Davies, Libby, Vancouver East (New Democratic Party)
Donnelly, Fin, New Westminster-Coquitlam (New Democratic Party)
Duncan, John, Vancouver Island North (Conservative Party)
I think it`s disgraceful that Stephen Harper is assaulting home delivery mail service, assaulting workers..
1 day after parliament closes in Ottawa Stephen Harper`s draconian Government announces the assault on Canada Post..
Let me be very clear, postal workers are part of the economy, they buy coffee and lunch, they also report suspicious activities..
The RCMP cost taxpayers money, Fire departments cost money, mowing public parks, guarding our coastlines, zooming around the Arctic on stealth snowmobiles cost money...This is the price we pay to have a civilized society....
Writing skills are on the decline in Canada, just look at Michael Smyth, it can`t decline much more than that..who needs paper and pen?..We do..
How much does one hip replacement cost?...Making seniors wander off to community mail boxes in the rain and snow, a place where they will be watched and targeted...
We will be the only country in the G8 without home mail delivery..
We are first...People get credit cards, drivers licenses mailed out, these communal urban(in the city) multi mail boxes will be where?...
Will they be in front of your house?...Your neighbours house, ...Canada Post has made a statement that procurement of multi communal mail boxes and the locales are already underway...Boy that was fast...What does a multi-communal mail box do for the property value of the home they will be placed in front of...All hours of the day people will be driving up for their mail, 24/7..365 days a year..
Unless these communal boxes are placed in barren areas?...That doesn`t sound very safe...
And there is something else that no one has mentioned, something that may be at the very heart of the matter..
Voting is on the decline in Canada, seniors make the effort, readers of The Straight Goods make the effort but young people don`t..They need constant reminding, and young people use more electronic mail than most..
What about voting cards, voter registration cards...With robo-call election fraud, with Kash Heed breaking election laws, with the BC Liberal party complicit at election fraud..
With Stephen Harper`s Conservative party complicit at election fraud and voter suppression...
My gut tells me that there is real potential for voter suppression with this ill-founded idea of ending home delivery..
Seems to me that this is an effort to keep voting cards out of the hands of young voters and even if not, this can`t be good for increasing voting numbers in general..
Which is exactly what this post is all about..
And let`s not forget about that Translink referendum..
What voter cards, what voter registration cards...What robo-calls..What misdirection..
Tory staffer Michael Sona bragged about robocalls that attempted to prevent people from voting, witnesses told investigator
Sometimes it`s the littlest things that make me go hmm...
I wrote the real story on the BC Ferry cuts last month, I wrote how Christy Clark and the BC Liberals were exacting revenge on NDP held ridings, I also highlighted the fraud and financial trickery surrounding the quazi private corporation..
We also slammed Keith Baldrey, Billy Good and Vaughn Palmer for being BC Government cheerleading pom pom girls on CKNW where the three stooges fought with every caller..
Anywho, I am no fan of Keith Baldrey`s writing skills or his innuendo laced tactics, clearly Baldrey is a hack who follows reporting orders on bended knee..
However, today Keith Baldrey wrote a drivel laced article, no details or any real insight but there was one line he wrote that spoke volumes, I liken it to a Freudian slip...
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"First there was premier Clark`s arbitrary decision that a new bridge to replace the Massey tunnel, and that the construction would begin soon, The announcement was met with opposition from a number of mayors, but it was also backed by others, notably Delta Mayor Lois Jackson. One of the critics of the Massey bridge, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, continues to insist a rapid transit line down Broadway to the University of British Columbia is the most pressing priority, but the chance of that being built anytime soon evaporated when the B.C. Liberals won re-election, as the voters along that transit line voted for the NDP."..SNIP!
And Keith Baldrey wasn`t finished with his meme that those who voted for the NDP will be punished..
I suggest you read the latter part of his article, Baldrey suggests that the unions backed the wrong horse(face) in the election and were now prepared to embrace the dynasty of Christy Clark...
Of course Keith Baldrey and Global news are BC Liberal stooges and promoters, when they ran a story about rising support for Enbridge northern gateway pipeline Global BC`s Facebook page and line item on that story lit up, hundreds were screaming at Global BC that they were full of shit and that no one had changed their mind on Enbridge/CONOC nothern gateway pipeline project(Yes, China owns nearly 50% of that project, and if built the entire gateway pipeline was to be sold to China)...When I pointed out to Keith Baldrey(on Twitter)..I asked Keith Baldrey to check out Global BC`s Facebook page...Well..
I hardly ever tweet on twitter, however, I
did tweet Keith Baldrey, I told him to check out Global Facebook page..I
told Keith Baldrey that their own viewers are calling the poll and
Enbridge support bullshit..
And guess what, Keith Baldrey had no courage to tweet me back publicly, no, he`s a coward, he sent me two private messages..
Here they are..
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Keith Baldrey Keith Baldrey
@keithbaldrey
You have three whole followers! Wow!
09:46 PM - 21 Nov 13
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And
this one, after he insulted me with the three whole follower bullshit, I
tweeted him back that I have thousands of blog followers and I don`t
use twitter, my account is almost always closed, he sent me another private
message..
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Keith Baldrey
@keithbaldrey
Off your meds again?
10:06 PM - 21 Nov 13
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Keith
Baldrey calls himself a pro, he couldn`t debate facts so he lashes out
and brags about his twitter followers and then throws in a drug insult
based on ...Well, based on the fact he had nothing else in his arsenal.
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Perhaps Keith Baldrey doesn`t realize how he has turned into a partisan, a stooge, but..
But Keith Baldrey just admitted what those with brains knew, the BC Liberals make Government decisions based on revenge, vendettas and corporate party donations..
The BC Ferry cutbacks and ferry-rate extortion was done as punishment for voting NDP..
We always knew that is how Christy Clark and the BC Liberals operate...Stephen Harper too..
Harper`s Canada Post assault was announced one day after the parliament in Ottawa was closed and Stephen Harper is out of town..
Classic bullies...Tic Toc Tic Toc..
Adios Stephen Harper and the Cons..And what LNG industry Christy Clucking Clark?
And for all you historians out there, courtesy of the document king and super sleuth NVG at ..
Looks like Keith Baldrey has forgotten about ethics or the perception and optics of partisan politics...
Keith Baldrey, Vaughn Palmer, Sean Leslie and Billy Good are now nothing but bottom of the barrel slag lickers....There once was a day when party spokespersons would call media out, now we get tepid there there criticism, these bland milktoasters , you know the ones, they appear weekly to ask questions on the Voice of BC, they are as much to blame as the media themselves....They are cowards who are afraid of losing their little gig and bit air-time..
First
was Premier Christy Clark's arbitrary decision that a new bridge would
replace the Massey Tunnel, and that construction would begin soon. The
announcement was met with opposition from a number of mayors, but it
also was backed by others, notably Delta Mayor Lois Jackson.
One of the critics of the Massey Bridge, Vancouver Mayor Gregor
Robertson, continues to insist a rapid transit line down Broadway to the
University of B.C. is the most pressing priority, but the chance of
that being built anytime soon evaporated when the B.C. Liberals won
re-election, as the voters along that transit line voted for the NDP.
- See more at: http://www.burnabynow.com/opinion/is-translink-too-broken-to-fix-1.753502#sthash.SeokrsrQ.dpuf
First
was Premier Christy Clark's arbitrary decision that a new bridge would
replace the Massey Tunnel, and that construction would begin soon. The
announcement was met with opposition from a number of mayors, but it
also was backed by others, notably Delta Mayor Lois Jackson.
One of the critics of the Massey Bridge, Vancouver Mayor Gregor
Robertson, continues to insist a rapid transit line down Broadway to the
University of B.C. is the most pressing priority, but the chance of
that being built anytime soon evaporated when the B.C. Liberals won
re-election, as the voters along that transit line voted for the NDP.
- See more at: http://www.burnabynow.com/opinion/is-translink-too-broken-to-fix-1.753502#sthash.SeokrsrQ.dpuf
Christy Clark made an appearance at the China Canada business council today....
After her "showing" at the event Christy Clark was asked about her recent trip to Asia..
Christy Clark claimed the trip was a roaring success, but, when pursued by media for details and what deals were signed, Christy Clark had no details or specifics, in fact Christy Clark responded thusly..
"Teresa Wat and I were together for part of the trade mission, we split up so we could cover more ground, she signed some, I signed some independently and we signed some together, let me get you that number so it`s accurate and I`m not reading it off the board behind me"
Be prepared for a Christmas chuckle courtesy of Sorbornne graduate Christy Clark
Cue up the cknw audio vault...This enlightening display put on by road scholar Christy Clark was played on the 3:00 pm news....cue up December 10th/2013...3:00 pm...This embarrassing uttering by the "wise one" took place about 3:01 to 3:02 pm....Short, silly and not so sweet....Seems the Christy Clark speaking skit was removed from the later 4:00 pm news broadcast, I wonder why, someone made a call?.....never the less, it is on the 3:00 pm news..for now, it too may be removed or suddenly disappear...At least we have a record of it..
Thanks to all of you for tuning in and caring....Below is a link to a video and presentation by one of our Environmental Rock Stars, that being Robyn Allan...
Please take the time to watch and do pass on through Facebook, Twitter, your friends and relatives..
Clearly Stephen Harper is a madman out of control, he`s a puppet of the oil industry, Stephen Harper has brought not only shame to Canada`s international reputation he and his party have assaulted science, fisheries, Stephen Harper`s Conservative party are engaged in a ruthless campaign hellbent on dividing Canadians, pitting province against province, legislating hatred towards indigenous Canadian First Nations..
Stephen Harper`s playbook comes straight out of the Republican party Christmas stocking..
As you know The Straight Goods goes after everyone, the NDP, the BC Liberals, the Conservative party of Canada, we don`t look the other way like self-anointed kings of blogging, for those who claim to report on municipal, provincial, Federal and the world scene these writers seem trapped in the petty world of national inquirer gossip, nary a word on Stephen Harper`s disrespect of our veterans, of our scientists, not a word about the sea of lies coming from the PMO`s office...And that is a shame, when excuses, obfuscation and deliberate ignorance is portrayed..The PMO office, the highest office in Canada and at present the most corrupt office in Canada.....Everyone needs to weigh in on the obvious.
The Straight Goods strives to stay on message and vows to never become a partisan soap box, all sides will be targeted here...
Now to the matter at hand.....I present to you a fact-filled video...(click the below link)
And please, no comments about our lamestream media....Those other venues have to look in the mirror, they can lie to you but they can`t lie to themselves...Karma is a bitch..
Comments on Robyn Allan`s video and the glaring disrespect of our veterans by the Conservatives only and or other political scandals.. And no John Furlong, that distraction and trial is set for 2015....2 years away or more..
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