Christy Clark at Shelter Bay fire site

[P65]

How does it benefit the fire fighting effort at Shelter Bay to have her staging a media event at the site?
Watching the clip with firefighters standing around her makes me question what this is about.
Thanking them, great!
There is no value in taxpayers dollars to have her at the site. What did it cost to bring her there?

[Frisk]

Harper is coming for a visit as well.

http://www.castanet.net/news/West-Kelowna/144678/Harper-to-visit-fire-scene

[Bubalouie]

Must be elections coming up. They should both stay away and save us tax payers some pennies.

[canuck500]

In all fairness it's not just Christy that does this sort of thing, premiers have been visiting major fires forever. I can remember back as far as the Glen Cark days. That being said it is a major distraction for the crews.

[Leifer]

Damned if they do show up....damned if they don't.
I can just imagine the cries of "And where is Christy in all this???...doesn't she even care????".

[Carrs Landing Viking]

And if Christy Clark did not show up you would all complain about that. I believe it is her job to attend disaster area's.

There are certainly more important issues to be concerned about than the Premier simply doing her job.

[zerograv]

love how Clark mentioned that the firefighting budget is determined from the average previous 5 or six years. That would make this years budget over 210 million, not 60......we've gone over budget 9 out of the last ten years, a logical person would suggest the budget is to low when that happens, but it sure helps them post a surplus.

[LoneWolf_53]

How does it benefit the fire fighting effort at Shelter Bay to have her staging a media event at the site?
Watching the clip with firefighters standing around her makes me question what this is about.
Thanking them, great!
There is no value in taxpayers dollars to have her at the site. What did it cost to bring her there?

If she hadn't come I'm willing to bet you'd still have a post here complaining, just worded differently.

What it's about is a politician looking after her riding. She's astute enough to realize, if she doesn't come, there'd still be a thread with the same title, just the word "not" inserted between "Clark" and "at".

It must really suck waking up in the morning with nothing better to do than to *bleep* and moan about jobs you'd have little to no clue about doing yourself.

[puttrench]

Did she visit any other fires in BC or just the one close to her riding?

[Glacier]

Did she visit any other fires in BC or just the one close to her riding?

Just the one close to her riding. Same goes for PM. Mr. and Mrs. Friend up at Puntzi lake are in their 70s, and just lost their recently finished custom home they spend 20 years building. They're too old to build another one. Even though they had insurance, nothing could replace it. Will any politicians visit? LOL! The Prime Minister and Premier know there aren't enough votes to gain or lose up there to bother. It's much easier to tour a place where people have not lost homes because there are more voters nearby.

[Carrs Landing Viking]

Did she visit any other fires in BC or just the one close to her riding?

As a matter of fact, yes she has. I could pull up the info for you ,but I am too tired right now.

[LoneWolf_53]

Did she visit any other fires in BC or just the one close to her riding?

Just the one close to her riding. Same goes for PM. Mr. and Mrs. Friend up at Puntzi lake are in their 70s, and just lost their recently finished custom home they spend 20 years building. They're too old to build another one. Even though they had insurance, nothing could replace it. Will any politicians visit? LOL! The Prime Minister and Premier know there aren't enough votes to gain or lose up there to bother. It's much easier to tour a place where people have not lost homes because there are more voters nearby.

Actually you're wrong Glacier!

I'm shocked, I thought you better at getting your facts straight.

I didn't even look very hard and came across this one almost instantly.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2098330/b-c-p ... fire-base/

Here's another one she went to check on back in May....

http://globalnews.ca/news/2002081/fire- ... c-premier/

another...

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Premie ... story.html

[bob vernon]

Well, the fire is in Christie's constituency. And on Westside road. The campaign to have the road renamed Christie Clark Way is gathering steam. It's a very appropriate name for the road.

[Hassel99]

same angry crowd just looking for a reason to get all worked up.

It is a damn shame people put so much energy into trying to find a reason to be outraged.

[DasCoupe]

same angry crowd just looking for a reason to get all worked up.

It is a damn shame people put so much energy into trying to find a reason to be outraged.

^^ This.

It is a positive thing to have them here bringing attention to the fire, and talking about future assistance and strategies.