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Sunday, December 23, 2012
> A Multi-Million Dollar Sham Called The Oppal Inquiry Into >>>> Missing Women in British Columbia?
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Neocon Christmas, Treasons Greetings
On the 12th Day of Christmas....
Stephen Harper gifted Gordon Campbell a $200, 000.00 per year cushy gig that includes a residence, a chef, a driver, an expense account plus Gordon Campbell will be collecting his Gold-plated BC Government pension, the same Golden pension Campbell campaigned on removing, just another rung in Gordon Campbell`s ladder of lies....
Over $300,000.00 dollars per year for Campbell, a chef, someone to drive him around, a residence for entertaining his many suitors...
Mr. Harper rewarded Gordon Campbell for ramming the HST down our throats and....And for this largesse all Gordo has to do is promote tar sands pollution, lobby for dirty fuels in transportation and fight any and all legislation that might cut into big oil`s profits.
So now not only did Stephen Harper reward Gordon Campbell for foisting Harper`s corporate tax sell out upon the masses in a dirty back-handed lying manner but he also revealed what we knew all along, what any sane person knew, how come David Suzuki and Tzeporah Berman didn`t know....
Stephen Harper exposed the true Gordon Campbell, the BC shame stream media portrayed Campbell as the pollution fighter, the green man, the green crusader, Tzeporah and David Suzuki lauded Campbell, Mz Berman flew to Copenhagen to personally place a medal of climate fighting honour around Gord`s neck...
Speeches in 2008 and 2009, speeches leading into the 2009 election where the climate change fighter spoke of climate change being the battle of our lives,
"we must fight climate change for the sake of future generations"
Speech after speech made by Gordon Campbell on how his carbon tax will save the planet, he talked electric cars and green technology, he talked cap n trade, enviros groups attacked the NDP for not supporting Gord of the Green, Carole James wanted to target industrial emissions, gas flaring, big oil, big gas, no matter what the left proposed Campbell`s allies spoke against them, Marc Jaccard lambasted the NDP`s plan to charge big oil n gas for flaring, as Jaccard put it....
"We would lose 60,000 jobs"
Stephen Harper exposed Gordon Campbell for lying to every British Columbian on climate change, phony speeches meant to cash in on green concerns and David Suzuki and Tzeporah Berman went along with it for only reasons they know because behind the scenes watersheds were being destroyed, Salmon runs killed off, pristine eco systems were altered in a massive green scam, in fact run of river salmon water diversion power plants are not green, it never was about being green it was about transferring money from public hands to private...
And now Gordon Campbell is Canada`s most important and influential Tar Sand Oil Lobbyist in all of Europe, Canada`s man to fight against cleaner fuel, lower emission fuel, the hypocrisy is astounding..
Bill Barisoff, every-time he took overnight or extended time to make a ruling on procedure or protocol there wasn`t one time he ruled in the opposition`s favour, every single time Bill Barisoff ruled in favour(no comment it`s before the courts) of Campbell`s Government, and as we know Bill Barisoff and Gordon Campbell were room-mates on the island when the house was sitting, well guess what, NO conflict of interest Bill Barisoff broke the application rules around Gordon Campbell`s nomination for the Order of British Columbia..
Bill Barisoff broke the rules for Gordon Campbell, this was done because Gordon Campbell as Canada`s number one ambassador needed to be an Order of BC winner too...
On the 12th Day of Christmas Stephen Harper, Bill Barisoff and the Liberals gave to B.C.....
The biggest personal slap in our illustrious history, $300,000.00 dollars a year, a chef, a driver, Golden pensions for life, B.C. s highest award of honour, the Order of British Columbia through dubious and completely inappropriate means to a man who....
Was an a habitual liar, a man who broke laws, a man who fired 9000 female workers illegally, as stated by the Supreme Court...A leader who gagged its citizens, closed hundreds of schools, broke law after law while special prosecutor after special prosecutor, while political appointees and media sell-outs provided cover for and justified the theft of assets, a fifth Estate that not only failed but profigated propaganda and criminal Government messaging, they too will eventually have to answer to their own moral sanctuary..
Yes, the 12th and final straw, rewarding a man who has failed seniors and led the Nation for a decade, led in child poverty, led in freezing the lowest paid worker`s wages, a man who fought only for wealthy corporate party donors while the weakest among us were secretly persecuted, a legacy of cronyism and public debt, a man, a premier driven from office for lies, the 4 largest deficits, 8 deficits in 12 years, deception shrouded in debt, malice of forethought, a leader with but a 9% approval rating, a man, a father, a husband who cheated morality with long ongoing adulterous affairs, a sham marriage and cardboard wife....
On the 12th Day of Christmas our insidious heathen Leaders Gave to B.C...
The Truth Behind the Mask
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The Straight Goods
Cheers Eyes Wide Open
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
UPDATED-Christy Clark`s Jobs Agenda(Christy Clark `s werkgelegenheid worct)
UPDATED BELOW, December 19th/2012.....Foreign temporary workers, Chinese owned mines, resources being sold out from under our feet..The below post was about how all these jobs have been promised, just like the F35 debacle, the shipbuilding procurement carrot has been dangled since 2007 and not one piece of steel has been cut...Stephen Treasonous Bastard Harper learned this trick form Gordon Campbell, just keep promising jobs, especially around elections...So BC is going to build $billions in new ice-breaking ships, over 3 decades, yet....Yet not one goddamn job now, the new "tentative" start building date is late, real late 2013...Actually, it will be 2015, on the eve of the next Federal election there might be some steel being cut,
Can you tell me why Translink`s newest seabus is being built by a company in the Netherlands?
We can`t build a simple seabus?...According to the report, Translink chose this Netherlands company because their "bid was the lowest"....Are you kidding me, lowest bid, are you saying BC shipyards and the Federal shipbuilding contracts will be tendering bids?
Yes Translink and the Federal deal are separate, however, the Irving shipyards have been delayed too, them until 2015 before any work is done..Why was the lowest bid the decider, what about BC Families first, what about BC jobs, well, WTF!!!
What about German shipyards, what about Asian shipyards, will they be bidding on those Federal shipbuilding contracts?...Because if you read the below post, the ice breakers Ottawa wants are based on a Norwegian designed ship...
What about it Christy Clark, you had a Seaspan orgasm when the Feds announced BC was getting a Federal contract, 18 months later and still no jobs, no vessels, no contracts...Christy Clark, are you telling me BC and Seaspan can`t build a $25 million dollar Seabus?...Translink, a Government entity, Translink funded by the public....Wow, what a vote of confidence you have in BC....Here`s the deal folks..
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New SeaBus will continue existing ferry service to North Shore
The announcement was made by TransLink COO Doug Kelsey which will see the existing MV Burrard Beaver ferry service retired from service when the new vessel arrives in 2014.
The $25 million project expected to be operational by fall of 2014, will serve as the second vehicle on the route alongside the MV Burrard Pacific Breeze which began operations in 2010.
TransLink estimates the SeaBus service carries six million passengers each year.
The old MV Burrard Beaver ferry running since 1976, although considered safe, was deemed to have reached the end of its life. It will remain as a reserve vessel and will be available for emergency use. The older MV Burrard Otter will be retired from service completely.
The new SeaBus is expected to be more efficient and exceed current safety and environmental standards.
The project was approved in 2009 as part of the Translink Funding Stabilization plan and has been confirmed in the plan for 2013.“Building a new SeaBus has been part of our plan since 2009 and will ensure continued quality transit service for people on the North Shore,” said Kelsey. “While today’s assets are safe, the replacement ferry will meet contemporary standards, run more efficiently and help keep the air clean.”
The new SeaBus is expected to be similar to the Pacific Breeze with updates to improve fuel efficiency and emissions. TransLink expects significant improvements to their environmental footprint, with the new SeaBus producing less carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, smoke and particulate matter and using less fuel than older vessels.
Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands beat out two other competitors in the bid process and was selected to build the vessel
http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2012/12/new-seabus/
Families First, BC Jobs Agenda, what a sick not funny Joke British Columbia is, Canada is, what a effing joke the BC Liberals are, Translink has stolen $billions from us for dubious projects like the Golden Ears bridge and stolen $millions more in bonuses and pay raises for incompetence and with a project like a new seabus, a simple little Seabus the BC Public would rather pay a little more and build the damn thing here, keep the jobs here, Chinese labour scam and now another foreign built ship being bought by GOVERNMENT, with PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS...how much Christy Clark?..Like the German built ferries and the bribes, how much were the BC Liberals bribed, how big was the donation to the BC Liberal Party?
I suggest you read the below post, you will see the betrayal against Canadian workers and the game Ottawa and British Columbia is playing, sick bastards!
Updated here, December 19th/2012....A local builder bid $27 million dollars, so for $2 million dollars BC gets no jobs, no spin-off economic activity, and...According to sources, Damon shipyards owns 35 shipyards around the world, this new Seabus is being built in...China, again with China.....Christy Clark remains silent, rumour has Christy Clark suffering from oysteritis, and possibly a bout of Pamela Martin hot tub rash...
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The Below has been presented by yours truly, right now we are in the midsts of a propaganda war, even the BC Government California jobs fair is a fraud, to all you mainstream media, ask the BC Government how many people were hired at this jobs fair, or perhaps ask if these jobs are contingent upon a bunch of LNG plants opening, and proposed mines, ask some hard questions, and if you gutless media really had any balls you would ask Stephen Harper about what`s laid out below..
Nevermind cowards..
Irving Shipbuilding presses Ottawa on Arctic ship deal
Michael MacDonald
HALIFAX —The president of Irving Shipbuilding Inc. is applying pressure on Ottawa to sign a contract on design work for eight new Arctic patrol ships.
Steve Durrell said Friday unless the contract is signed and engineering work begins by January, the company’s Halifax Shipyard will have a tough time meeting its goal of cutting the first steel for the project in 2015.
“We’ll be looking at this day by day,” he said. “If it gets delayed a month, it will delay the program a month.”
Durrell set the deadline during a briefing that marked one year since the federal government awarded the shipyard a $25-billion contract to build 21 combat vessels over 30 years.
“We are definitely not waiting to get started,” he said. “We are doing everything we can to advance the timetables and begin building vessels for Canada as quickly as possible.”
The company is still negotiating two contracts with Ottawa — one for design work and the other for the actual construction of the patrol ships.
Durrell repeated his company’s promise to have the first patrol vessel built by 2018, which is already three years behind the original schedule.
The ships, first announced in 2007, were projected to cost $3.1 billion to build and $4.3 billion to maintain over their expected 25-year life cycle. Durrell declined to say whether he thinks the costs would rise in the years to come.
The business executive, speaking to reporters at the sprawling shipyard on the Halifax waterfront, also made a pitch to Ottawa concerning the maintenance contract, which has yet to be awarded.
Earlier this week, documents obtained by The Canadian Press revealed the patrol ships will cost more to maintain because National Defence won’t be signing a long-term service contract until the ships are well into construction.
An internal briefing to former associate defence minister Julian Fantino last fall said the project was full of financial questions, starting with the actual cost of building up to eight warships.
Durrell said the final costs have yet to be negotiated. He said the cost of design work will be revealed early next year, but the cost of construction won’t be known until
2015.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1274527--irving-shipbuilding-presses-ottawa-on-arctic-ship-deal
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And from a story appearing on the front page of the Vancouver Sun, a continuation of pumping up the BC Liberal Government, pumping up jobs that aren`t there, a coordinated effort aligned with the bloated $30 million dollar jobs ad campaign
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B.C.'s shipbuilding industry set to grow by 3,000 jobs and billions by 2020
Friday, December 14, 2012
Pop pop pop, Psycho Killer, Run Run Run Away
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.
In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two Second Amendment decisions. In District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia[1][2] and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. In dicta, the Court listed many longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession as being consistent with the Second Amendment.[3] In McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025 (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits state and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government.
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____________1791 the right to bear arms was adopted in the Bill of Rights, a right to self defense, this law enacted as a right was at a time when guns and rifles were flint locks with ball bearing projectiles...
Today gun enthusiasts can purchase or attain through relatively easy means automatic assault rifles, god and guns, as Charleston Heston proclaimed, you can pry that gun from my cold dead hands...
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From my cold, dead hands
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"I'll give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from my cold, dead hands" is a slogan popularized by the National Rifle Association (NRA) on a series of bumper stickers.[1][2] It is a variation of a slogan mentioned in a 1976 report from the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency: "I Will Give Up My Gun When They Peel My Cold Dead Fingers From Around It."[3] The original version did not originate with the NRA, but with another gun rights group, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, based in Bellevue, Washington.[citation needed] It, along with "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns", is a slogan that is often used by gun owners and their supporters in discussions of gun control in the United States.
Use by Charlton Heston
The phrase gained newfound popularity following the 129th NRA convention, in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 20, 2000, when the actor, and president at the time of the NRA, Charlton Heston ended a speech by concluding:For the next six months, [Democratic presidential candidate and then-Vice President of the United States Al Gore] is going to smear you as the enemy. He will slander you as gun-toting, knuckle-dragging, bloodthirsty maniacs who stand in the way of a safer America. Will you remain silent? I will not remain silent. If we are going to stop this, then it is vital to every law-abiding gun owner in America to register to vote and show up at the polls on Election Day.Heston then paused to pick up a replica of a Sharps rifle and continued:[4]
So, as we set out this year to defeat the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to say those fighting words for everyone within the sound of my voice to hear and to heed, and especially for you, Mr. Gore: 'From my cold, dead hands!'[5]Heston repeated the phrase at the end of each NRA convention over which he presided as president. When he announced his retirement in 2003, he concluded by repeating "From my cold, dead hands
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I don`t know the answer, the guns are out there, should everyone be armed with guns, rifles and bullet proof vests...
We have video games along with online interactive games of war, games where the animated victims are police, teachers, children and families,
What horror, a mass shooting, elementary aged school children, 20 sets of parents, 40 sets of grandparents, 100`s of related relatives and thousands of townsfolk, millions of outraged onlookers and even one very saddened Powell River Persuader.
We learned nothing from Columbine, nothing from Virginia Tech, ..
Guns and violence isn`t democratic or republican, it`s corporate, corporate gun makers, yes indeed, and don`t bother telling me criminals kill people not guns, mental illness armed with 1000 round assault rifles kill too, distraught football players with girlfriend issues snap too..
The sun is shining today and dozens will die in northern Mexico in an endless war on drugs.
Hundreds will die this weekend overseas in the war against Democracy, brutal regimes who slaughter the innocents, power, for all encompassing power.
Barack Obama is having to make another solemn speech, I hate these speeches because words won`t solve this, the NRA, rightwing constitutionalists, the right to bear arms never meant the ability to purchase 1000 round per minute assault rifles, it was 1791 when guns took near a minute to reload with a steel-ball..
Christmas isn`t coming to Connecticut and the gun makers will advocate that everyone carry arms, is that our new society, everyone wandering the streets packing heat,..
Serial killers shooting dolphins because dolphins eat fish, fish that can be caught and sold, psycho killers targeting innocent children..
This latest crime has not made me sad, it`s made me angry, no new law tomorrow will change anything, 300 million guns in the USA, millions more made yearly, bigger, faster, quieter, ..
And what angers me most, no political party will take a stand against the NRA, all fear losing the gun toting minority vote..
Mall shootings, church shootings, school shootings, .........
The gun lovers can claim only criminals kill people not guns all they want, however...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom
Rampage killings
Britain has had few firearms rampage incidents in modern times. During the latter half of the 20th century there were only two incidents in which people holding licensed firearms went on shooting sprees and killed on a large scale, the Hungerford massacre of 1987 and the Dunblane school massacre of 1996; each led to strong public and political demands to restrict firearm use, and tightening of laws. The result has been among the strictest firearms laws in the world.[9] After Hungerford, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 criminalised most semi-automatic long-barrelled weapons; it was generally supported by the Labour opposition although some Labour backbenchers thought it inadequate.[10] After the second incident, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 criminalised private possession of most handguns having a calibre over .22; the Snowdrop Campaign continued to press for a wider ban, and in 1997 the incoming Labour government introduced the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, which extended this to most handguns with a calibre of .22 (there are exceptions for some antique handguns and black-powder revolvers.)________________
Why always the children ...?
Time for the war on guns..
Rest in Peace little ones..
The Straight Goods
Cheers-Eyes Full of Tears
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
A tale of Lemonade Stand Operators and Snake Oil Distillers
"Released on Thursday, B.C.'s public accounts for the
fiscal year 2009/2010 conclusively prove that the pre-election fiscal
plan foisted on British Columbians by Premier Gordon Campbell and his BC
Liberals on Feb 17, 2009 was the worst -- the most egregious, the most
deceptive -- "Fudge-it Budget" in provincial history.
The public accounts show
that the Campbell Liberals inflated revenues in Victoria's main
operating account, the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF), by a stunning
$2.558 billion -- yes, Billion -- with taxation receipts alone overstated by $2.1 billion.Even under the broader GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) presentation, the Campbell government exaggerated last year's expected revenues by a whopping $1.3 billion.
The result: a gargantuan shortfall of $1.779 billion for fiscal 2009/10 -- nearly four-times higher than Campbell's oft-repeated, pre-election pledge of a deficit no bigger than $495 million.....
The public accounts for last year now disclose that CRF
income actually was $28.570 billion -- a discrepancy of $2.558 billion
from Hansen's pre-election forecast.
That's $568 for every man, woman and child living in British Columbia.(And that's after an end-of-the-year, last-minute $250 million gift from Ottawa to help Victoria make the transition to the Harmonized Sales Tax.)"
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/07/12/FudgeBudget/
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The deficit timeline(2009)
- Feb. 17: Finance Minister Colin Hansen introduces a budget for 2009/2010, projecting a deficit of $495 million.
- April 14: The provincial election campaign begins.
- April 23: After an election debate, Gordon Campbell tells reporters, "The deficit for 2009/10 will be $495 million maximum."
- Mid-campaign: The finance minister has what he later describes as a casual conversation with his deputy minister. The deputy tells him the revenue estimates in the budget may be off by $200 to $300 million. Hansen tells neither the premier nor the public of the conversation.
- May 12: The B.C. Liberals are re-elected with a majority.
- Later that week: Ministry officials do formal projections and confirm the shortfall now stands at 1.1 billion. Again, the public is told nothing.
- Late May: Hansen says he had a discussion around this time with the federal government about introducing the HST in B.C. in exchange for $1.6 billion, but said nothing to the public at the time.
- June 10: Hansen is once again sworn in as finance minister. He tells reporters, "Given what we know today, if I were in a position to table a budget today, it would be a deficit of $495 million or less."
- July 9: Hansen finally admits he won't meet the deficit target saying, "I can no longer say that I'm optimistic."
- July 23: Hansen and Campbell announce the province will introduce the new Harmonized Sales Tax in July, 2010. The province will receive $1.6 billion from the federal government to ease the transition.
- Aug. 20: Hansen says the province will have to amend its balanced budget law to run a deficit for four years, rather than two.
- Sept. 1: Hansen introduces a fiscal update that projects a deficit of $2.8 billion. He reveals the conversation he had with his deputy during the election campaign in which the deputy warned of the shortfall in revenues.
- Sept. 2: Hansen reveals ministry officials told him after the election that the shortfall had grown to $1.1 billion, but says he still thought the deficit target was achievable, since by this time he knew of the possible offer of $1.6 billion from Ottawa to implement the HST.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/02/bc-liberals-defend-deficit.html
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Remember Colin Hansen appearing with Gordo the thief Campbell explaining a post-election budget shocker, Colin Hansen claimed tax revenues and natural gas royalties fell off a cliff, all in the run up to and during a 28 day election writ period...Stabbed in the back by these habitual liars then stabbed again with the HST...
How many BC Liberal deficits are sagging resource revenues(LNG) to be blamed for, how many more deficits..
We know what happened and what guile was used in Spring 2009, a fraudulent election and pure back-stabbing betrayal...And the following year 2010-2011 the BC Liberals again used sagging LNG and resource revenues for their excuse...
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"Finance Minister Colin Hansen presented a budget Feb.
15 2011 that he said leaves plenty of room for whoever wins the Liberal
leadership a
while nd becomes premier.
HST revenues came in above projections, natural resource and crown corporations revenues fell sharply
short. And while the deficit for fiscal 2010-2011 shrank to $1.3 billion
from a projected $1.7 billion, the province's total debt is expected to
reach a level in 2011-2012 equal to a year's revenue." http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/02/16/BudgetBuiltOnHST/
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2009-2010 these Liberals scammed us, they did us again in 2010-2011...Enter Christy Clark as new leader of the wolf-pack, for 21 months a national embarrassment, any change apparent?....
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/British+Columbia/ID/2311072316/
That link goes to CBC radio where Mike De Jong does his best bafflegab to explain his $1.47 billion dollar projected deficit, listen how falling coal and LNG prices are blamed again..
2009--2010--2011-- Same excuse being peddled the only change is the face of the messenger, instead of Hansen and Campbell it`s De Jong and Christy...
This years $multi-billion dollar deficit is being disputed by our own Auditor General, John Doyle states the deficit is closer to $2.5 billion, who do we believe...
Observations on Financial Reporting: Summary Financial Statements 2011/12 | Auditor General of British Columbia
And the ironic part of this post, not the "we all fell off a turnip truck routine" these Liberals keep employing, for 3 years going on 4 this Government is using declining resource revenue as a reason for deficits and at the same time they`re spending $50 million dollars advertising LNG as our $trillion dollar baby, which way is the elevator traveling, 2009-2010-2011, deficits caused by natural gas prices, and magically Mike-De Jong by hook and crook will stand before us, supply not a stich of proof and claim the 2012-2013 budget will be balanced, along with a contingency allowance..
And what are to do, climb back on that turnip truck and ride the biblical Liberal elevator once again to the fictional penthouse, or perhaps we rise and demand the false advertising claims cease...
Today Moodys rating agency downgraded BC`s debt from stable to negative...
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Toronto, December 12, 2012 -- "Moody's Investors Service has revised the outlook on the Province of British Columbia's Aaa issuer and debt ratings to negative from stable, affecting approximately CAD39.8 billion in debt securities.
RATINGS RATIONALE
"The negative outlook reflects Moody's assessment of the risks to the province's ability to reverse the recent accumulation in debt with the softened economic outlook, weaker commodity prices and continued expense pressures," said Moody's Assistant Vice President Jennifer Wong, lead analyst for the province.
In the province's second quarter report, released in November 2012, the Economic Forecast Council (group of private economic forecasters) revised its forecasts down for provincial growth in 2012 and 2013 to 2.1% and 2.2% from 2.2% and 2.5%, respectively. The slowing in the provincial economy, continued weak natural gas prices and delay in the expected sale of the province's Little Mountain property have translated into a wider deficit for the 2012-13 fiscal year. The deficit is now projected to be C$1.5 billion (3.5% of revenues), compared to C$1.0 billion forecast at budget time. With the posting of operating deficits in recent fiscal years along with significant capital expenditures"
http://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-Revises-British-Columbias-Outlook-to-Negative-from-Stable-on--PR_261569
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So in a 1 week period we have our Auditor General calling this year`s deficit $1 billion dollars higher than forecast and today Moodys downgrades our debt from stable to negative and doubts that natural gas prices will rise and change our near future fortunes, all the while public airwaves are blasting propaganda at best and more likely false advertising at worst..
Even Keith Baldrey is finding it difficult to hold back the laughter..
"This year's budget deficit is now pegged at $1.37 billion. So de Jong expects to make that massive deficit not only disappear, but to turn into a surplus over the next year.
The government publishes a three-year fiscal plan with every budget, so it's actually possible to see what his planned budget will look like. And it exposes several large holes in de Jong's forecast.
For example, the fiscal plan projects revenues from natural gas royalties to exceed $600 million next year, at a time when revenues in that area have been declining as a glut of natural gas on the North American market has meant lower sales and depressed prices.
This year, natural gas revenues are now expected to be just $157 million, down from a forecast of almost $400 million."
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We are still living with the HST betrayal, we still have a quaint balanced budget law and we still are being treated like rubes riding in turnip trucks, Dutch Disease, these are the symptoms, being reliant upon future rises in commodity prices, have we gone so-far down this road that honesty and reality are but mere rear view mirror mirages, can we just get the truth, is it that difficult to find honesty, rise and fall of raw resource revenue doesn`t make fiscal geniuses, it exposes the opposite..
When it walks like a duck and when it squawks like a duck, chances are it`s a lame duck..
or a figurehead donning leopard spots..
Time to Send in the Clowns..
The Straight Goods
Cheers Eyes Wide Open
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