BC Election 2024

[fluffy]

I've said more than once that having a large compliment of independents would be a healthy addition to either provincial or federal governing bodies, if there were enough of them to constitute a "swing vote". The question is how to get there from here ? We shouldn't voting independent just because they're independent, out there on the fringe is where kooks and one-issue candidates live, and those types only bog down the process. Gifted speakers with passion and integrity are needed, with issues of real interest to most voters.

And then there is the question that once there are enough independents to be a force of power, do they not become a "party" themselves ?

[A Concerned Citizen]

I've said more than once that having a large compliment of independents would be a healthy addition to either provincial or federal governing bodies, if there were enough of them to constitute a "swing vote". The question is how to get there from here ? We shouldn't voting independent just because they're independent, out there on the fringe is where kooks and one-issue candidates live, and those types only bog down the process. Gifted speakers with passion and integrity are needed, with issues of real interest to most voters.

And then there is the question that once there are enough independents to be a force of power, do they not become a "party" themselves ?

All it takes is one …

… look what happened when Andrew Weaver sold out British Columbians when he partnered up with horgan (just like that local sellout cannings cozied up to truseau) … of course horgan dumped weaver the moment he got the 2020 majority and then started screwing everyone over … two recent examples of how people decide to go for the ‘lesser of the evils’ and then wonder why they still get evil …

Not really a fan of polievre or rusted (who by the way wants to give away public lands for nothing in exchange, see bill 25, based on a racist declaration from the UN) but a picture is worth a thousand words …

We don’t need ‘gifted speakers’ … we need people with common sense, that we can trust to spend our money as wisely as they’d spend their own money and can balance a budget with no deficit spending … that want everyone to be treated equally and don’t play identity politics …

[George Orwell 1984]

How many independents have ever been re-elected? There is your answer .

Well when you’ve got parties that are organized much like organized crime it takes a while for things to change … and then of course they all operate under things like non-disclosure agreements which is the same as the sinister tactic of censorship (might be mistaken but the mafia uses something similar too don't they?) … not to forget that they’ve become very good at creating flocks of useful idiots that will do their bidding without question all in the name of the party (which by the has parties that you’re not invited to) that is like a club and you’re not really in it no matter how much you donate …

Think about it … that is unless you want them to do all the thinking for you …the truth is that before 1903 there were no political,parties until the demise of democratic practices occurred with the election of BC’s first parties in 1903 … places like the NWT have no political parties calling the shots in their legislature and operate as a consensus government where every MLA has a say and aren’t drown out by a bunch of talking heads that parrot lines …

Keep doing what dufus’ always do and one will get what dufus’ have always gotten ...

Why do you find it necessary to resort to name calling and personal attacks ?

[A Concerned Citizen]

The only people keeping the current political parties in power are the ones voting for them … think about it.

[Gone_Fishin]

Another poll with BC Conservatives leading the NDP:

BCC 37%
NDP 35%
BCU 16%
GRN 12%

Seat by seat, it results in 47 BCC, 45 NDP, 1 GRN, 0 BCU.

Yorkville Strategies conducted the poll. No link - rules, ya know...

[Babba_not_Gump]

ICBC is giving us drivers some of our money back, $110. Amazing. But why not simply lower our premiums?

Oh that's right, there's an election coming up. Sleazy *bleep*.

[Gone_Fishin]

ICBC is giving us drivers some of our money back, $110. Amazing. But why not simply lower our premiums?

Oh that's right, there's an election coming up. Sleazy *bleep*.

What did you think of hobby's comments that it was just an election ploy and that the BC government shouldn't be giving rebates when they are running a deficit? But apparently, it's okay when Justin gives rebates despite his running record level deficits.

[A Concerned Citizen]

ICBC is giving us drivers some of our money back, $110. Amazing. But why not simply lower our premiums?

Oh that's right, there's an election coming up. Sleazy *bleep*.

What did you think of hobby's comments that it was just an election ploy and that the BC government shouldn't be giving rebates when they are running a deficit? But apparently, it's okay when Justin gives rebates despite his running record level deficits.

Eby is running record deficit is too … and not a word about it from the cons… and of course falcon might as well have flown the coop …

We need to get some honest people in there that won’t just tow the party lines …

[The Green Barbarian]

Adam Pankratz: Government via virtue signal can't last in B.C.

Government via virtue signal under Premier David Eby is on the way out in British Columbia. Fiscal mismanagement, embarrassing climb-downs on failed drug policies and an inability to swiftly condemn rampant antisemitism are the final nails in the activist government coffin. Ebyism can’t last.

The first obvious signs of peril appeared in early April, when B.C. received another credit downgrade from S&P Global Ratings . The downgrade followed the B.C. NDP’s projection of an $8 billion deficit for 2024-25. Though the province has the opportunity to make bank on multiple fronts, this would require the government to admit that resources (mining and oil and gas especially) are key to B.C.’s financial success; social activism and resources don’t mix under Eby.

Credit downgrades are bad, but even worse for Eby and the NDP is their recent retreat from their flagship drug decriminalization policies and a total inability to categorically condemn anti-Jewish racism.

Since 2020, West Coast politicians have burnished their progressive credentials however they can. The results were almost universally awful. Whether it be Seattle’s lawless Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone or the decaying downtowns of Portland and San Fransisco, failure has followed social justice warriors as they act on their beliefs, from defunding the police to decriminalizing drugs and downgrading theft under US$950 (C$1,300) from felony to misdemeanour.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/a ... 8e1f&ei=17

[The Green Barbarian]

Selena Robinson destroys the BC NDP and Eby the idiot - total antisemite scum. Resign Eby, you Jew-hating piece of human garbage.

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https://twitter.com/bobmackin/status/17 ... 4042469672

[The Green Barbarian]

Adam Zivo: B.C. NDP's disastrous decriminalization plan was never going to work
Premier David Eby only scaling back now that his poll numbers are dropping

The B.C. NDP is scaling back its drug decriminalization experiment after skyrocketing crime and public disorder spurred an indignant backlash throughout the province. While this is a welcome development, Premier David Eby’s belated pivot deserves little praise.

When the province decriminalized drugs early last year, many people, myself included, predicted that it would be a disaster. While there are a variety of ways to approach decriminalization, some of which are productive, the model embraced by Eby was reckless and lazy.

In Portugal, the seminal example of success for drug policymakers, “decriminalization” never granted drug users the near-unlimited freedom they enjoy in B.C.. Instead, individuals caught possessing or openly using small amounts of drugs are sent to non-criminal “dissuasion commissions” that can use punitive measures, such as fines, to coerce people into highly-accessible treatment services.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-z ... ng-to-work

[nelsonm64]

Looks like BC is going to flip blue and thank god! our province and the rest of the country can’t take much more of this progressive marxist bs!

[Hurtlander]

ICBC is giving us drivers some of our money back, $110. Amazing. But why not simply lower our premiums?

Oh that's right, there's an election coming up. Sleazy *bleep*.

The rebate only applies to vehicles that were insured as of February 2024, this eliminates most motor homes, truck and camper units, motor cycles, snowbirds with only storage insurance on their vehicles etc….

I’m certainly voting for Ward Stamer in my riding, he’s currently the well respected mayor of Barriere with a successful business background, having owned a major logging and trucking company.

[A Concerned Citizen]

ICBC is giving us drivers some of our money back, $110. Amazing. But why not simply lower our premiums?

Oh that's right, there's an election coming up. Sleazy *bleep*.

The rebate only applies to vehicles that were insured as of February 2024, this eliminates most motor homes, truck and camper units, motor cycles, snowbirds with only storage insurance on their vehicles etc….

I’m certainly voting for Ward Stamer in my riding, he’s currently the well respected mayor of Barriere with a successful business background, having owned a major logging and trucking company.

It’s money they should have never collected to begin with … have you looked at the 2024-2027 budget? increased debt by as much as 76% over the 2023/2024 budget … not one single party is talking about it … none … they’re all focussed on distracting people with the problems they themselves have created …

[workingclasshero]

the BC United nomination meeting was hijacked by a minority group.
we ended up with a candidate that does not speak English fluently.
there were other excellent candidates but they didn't have a chance.
it will be difficult for the chosen candidate to get elected.