if the NDP gets elected bc is fucked.
Well it will happen eventually so you we'll all get to see. Might not be the next election but guaranteed the Libs won't stay in power forever. We survived just fine the last time. I'm sure things will change but BC will always be BC.
PS - BC is good and is fucked; always has been and always will.
Peace.
Then why mention one man?
Guess you can't read the "and corrupt federal liberals" part? :crazy:
I mentioned him to differentiate the election from previous Jean Chretien elections. Which were before the ad scam scandal become public.
How soon people forget.
Here's a quick list of what "good" Campbell did for the province.
A lot of those items can't be pinned on one man. The party (for me) is the problem.
Oh trust me I don't expect to convince any of you guys. Can't win an argument when it comes to money, politics, religion or sex. We all have our views. I'm just venting my frustration. Believe it or not I do respect your right to an opinion and your right to vote.
No government is perfect. They all suck. For me it's all about choosing the lesser of evils. Such is life; it isn't fair. Who knew?
fuck off alberta.
:lol:
It's called supply and demand. For crying out loud, even Geoff Berner knows that! Listen to him sing about what keeps the rent down and makes a place affordable.
Not talking about just real estate only part of the equation. Want to see a have province move to Alberta. We're no have province.
You also like corruption too eh?
We're no longer a have not province. I'd call that an improvement.
Affordability being at an all time low makes us a have province? What you smokin?
And this is bad, how?
$6 million in legal fees for two people who plead guilty to fraud. I bet you guys all voted for Paul Martin and the corrupt federal liberals too. What a fucking joke.
The list is long and not so distinguished. What's a little corruption as long as big business gets their cutbacks eh?
I would say it is a considerable contributor. As Jah, shit I mean Usul, said many people work Alberta and live BC. I am one of them.
I spend lots of money in BC, money I sure as hell would not have if I worked in BC. I invest in Canadian companies, including some BC companies-- bringing money into the BC economy.
Furthermore, the oil sands have many spin off industries that are not necessarily noticed by the average person. The other day I was prepping up a pipe spool fabricated by Ideal Welders based on Annacis Island- likely driven here by a BC truck driver. I'm willing to bet their largest customers are oil sands companies in Alberta. Oil sands jobs based in Vancouver… who would have thunk it.
Vancouver for sure. Even Parksville and Duncan have companies that I know work on oil sands projects. One engineering firm and one detailing firm.
what's the deal with Hawaii?
Oahu is one big military base.
Tech bubble burst was in the spring of 2000, not the 90's.
Um it started in 98. LOL
You're right though the peak of the crash was late spring of 2000.
I think you get to pick a camp, either you get to despise the libs for raising taxes. Or you get to despise them for cutting social programs. You can't complain about both. If I hear one more anti-hst (complaining about cost, not it's implementation which was super shady) person piss and moan about spending cuts, I'm going to f*cking snap.
Money doesn't grow on trees, well…. trees used to be money… then the NDP killed forestry.
You made your point, keep voting for the status quo.
I don't follow your argument at all and you certainly have misinterpreted mine.
I'll be voting for change.
I can't say I know exactly how much spin off from the oil sands we get,
I know lots of people who live in BC and work in Alberta. They spend a lot of money here. Albertans were buying up more property on Van Isle than any other demographic until the situation in the US made buying investment property more attractive down there and the money shifted. Lots of engineering companies, steel detailers, etc. working on Alberta projects but based here in BC. All of Canada has benefited.
I wonder if Sarah Palin is available? It would be good practice for her for a 2012 run.
I vote YES!!!
Exactly, and why do you think that is? Why were there two major housing slumps in the nineties? If the national and global economies were far more toxic during the current recession than in the late nineties, which they are, why did our province fair better this time? What's different?
In terms of global and national economics, the tech bubble was minuscule compared to the current recession.
I'd think oil sands which weren't up and running profitably til this last decade and the olympics were a big part of it. I'd say at least half.
The liberals did stimulate development but at what cost? The province is the least affordable it's ever been. Secondary education is more expensive, housing is more expensive. Taxation is hardly better, just different. Income hasn't improved for the better really either.
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