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Former Premier to speak to select crowd
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Gord Macdonald | Email news tips to gmacdonald@cknw.com
11/14/2012

Simon Fraser University has announced former Premier Gordon Campbell will deliver a speech tonight at the Vancouver Aquarium, but the public and media are not allowed in.


Campbell, who is Canada's High Commissioner to Great Britain and is paid by the Canadian taxpayer, is the keynote speaker at a Canada/U-K conference.


The speech is only open to conference delegates.

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  1. Ron_26 posted on 11/14/2012 11:58 AM
    And this is news?
  2. taxed to death posted on 11/14/2012 12:10 PM
    Yawn! Dont forget your red mittens.....who in thier right mind would put any degree of credence to the trash this criminal spews out...

    Campbell, I will always, and only remember you as 1 thing " a drunk driver" that didnt have the wherewithal to step down and show some respect to the people of this province...you're an embarassment to this country sent by Harper out of this country to keep your trap shut...
  3. pault_8515 posted on 11/14/2012 12:17 PM
    I agree with Ron, how's this news?? Seems like someone is trying to create a story.

    As for "taxed to death", that's a heck of a chip you're carrying around on your shoulder, I suspect you're a member of the BCTF.
    You probably voted against the HST didn't you?
    1. taxed to death posted on 11/14/2012 12:24 PM
      @pault_8515 HST your damn right i did...anyone in thier right mind did....you explain to me how paying more in taxes to me as an indivudal is of any benefit? Everything, and I mean everything I do is now taxable... get out from under the rock
    2. Garp posted on 11/14/2012 01:36 PM
      @pault_8515 How isn't news? The former premier is in town, on our dime, on the eve of a provincial election, where his actions are the subject of controversy, and he is not interested in speaking to the public. How is this not news?
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  4. bruin1 posted on 11/14/2012 01:02 PM
    Campbell get lost you ignorant lying loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Who wants to hear your shit go back from under the rock you came from, better yet go back to London hopefully the plane will crash with only you in it.
    1. AnneH_4 posted on 11/14/2012 02:38 PM
      @bruin1 I am sure you dont mean that cruel remark - remember that anything written on the internet is there forever..........
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  5. SlimP_9860 posted on 11/14/2012 01:17 PM
    I wonder why he doesn't want to face the public?!
  6. ChrisM_18 posted on 11/14/2012 01:36 PM
    With an ego a big as his, you have to think that it must really burn Campbell's ass to know that he continues to be thought so poorly of in his home province . I wonder how he explains away the public sentiment to himself when he looks in the mirror ?
    All the money and prestige over in London can't hide the fact that the guy is a failure as a Premier
  7. Garp posted on 11/14/2012 01:37 PM
    Paultl: How isn't news? The former premier is in town, on our dime, on the eve of a provincial election, where his actions are the subject of controversy, and he is not interested in speaking to the public. How is this not news?
  8. commonsense posted on 11/14/2012 02:12 PM
    I'll be there tonight. Good ol' Gordo!
    1. AnneH_4 posted on 11/14/2012 02:39 PM
      @commonsense Let us know how everything goes will you?? Thanks
  9. joes_2868 posted on 11/14/2012 03:48 PM
    Cool it! These comments will still exist if Adrian Dix becomes premier. All the complaining about B.C. LIberals, Christy Clark, Gordon Campbell, will now be NDP, Adrian Dix, etc.
    Here is some free advice. The race in life is a long one, it is only with yourself. Your chances in life are only at half mast, so is everyone else's. Both Jim SinClair and Susan Lambert preach that the hip pocket is the most important in life. Do not believe them. Walking out of a doctor's office with a terminal disease cannot cure you with the hip pocket. Ask billionaire, many times over, Warren Buffet, he has cancer. Remember all governments are the same in every way, shape, and form, BUT REMEMBER, SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS.
    If you don't care to absorb this information then maybe BCTaxpayer, TonyB, Garp, and the readers consultant, Ken280, who believes that just because you are 50 miles away from home, you are a consultant, will team up together and get that long awaited NDP temple built.
    1. ChrisM_18 posted on 11/14/2012 04:06 PM
      @joes_2868 News flash buddy - your arogant bullying isn't going to gain the Liberals any more votes - in fact it just may turn off a few more people
    2. AnneH_4 posted on 11/14/2012 04:33 PM
      @joes_2868 Actually the bureaucrats who have been there for eons have the power - I know from speaking with Politicians who have retired that many of them deliberately tell lies just to keep their jobs and their own heirarchies and hence is why Politicians who have good intentions cannot make changes because their efforts are thwarted at every turn. Perhaps the bureaucracies in all 3 levels across the ecountry should all be fired....
  10. joes_2868 posted on 11/14/2012 03:50 PM
    Garp: Get back to the other section and finish up commenting before going on to make new comments.
    1. bruin1 posted on 11/14/2012 03:54 PM
      @joes_2868 hey joes2868/anneh4 you must be lieberal supporters, this idiot and his government has destroyed our healthcare system , does not care about our seniors or children, hst, bc rail, and the rest we all know what this idiot has done our province is a mess thanks to this drunken idiot and his cronies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2. Garp posted on 11/14/2012 04:05 PM
      @joes_2868 Grow up!
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  11. ObeseRedneck posted on 11/14/2012 06:08 PM
    Well at least he's in shape and not FAT.

    OBESITY IS A SIN, JUST ASK STAVIN' MARVIN!!!
  12. joes_2868 posted on 11/14/2012 07:15 PM
    Garp: The same to you. Face facts and reality.
  13. joes_2868 posted on 11/14/2012 07:19 PM
    Bruin1: Oh yes the drunken idiot. That had to be premier of the NDP, Dave Barrett. I was coming back from holidays in the U.S. and he was coming back on the same flight. Turkey could not even stand up by himself. Didnot bother me, he was on holidays.
  14. joes_2868 posted on 11/14/2012 07:21 PM
    ChrisM: Sure the hell won't give any more votes to the NDP either.
  15. bctaxpayer posted on 11/14/2012 07:52 PM
    Wow the most hated Premier ever.Who in the world would ever want yo hear this jerk.
    1. bruin1 posted on 11/14/2012 08:08 PM
      @bctaxpayer you have my vote bctaxpayer
  16. joes_2868 posted on 11/14/2012 10:47 PM
    Interesting reads on the NDP.
    Go to google and type in FAST FERRY SCANDAL-WIKIPEDIA
    Go to google and type in WIKIPEDIA-MOE SIHOTA CONTROVERSY
    Go to google and type in BC HYDRO CHAIRMAN RELEASES FINAL "HYDROGATE RESULTS"
    Go to google and type in NDP PRESIDENTS PAY DISCLOSURE NEVER WRITTEN DOWN-PUBLIC EYE
    Go to google and type in A WORKING MAN'S WAGE-PUBLIC EYE ONLINE
    Go to google and type in OCTOBER 1999- JUDGEMENT DAY
    Go to google and type in EVANS CITED AS FIRST VICTIME DECEMBER 1996 JANUARY 1997
    Go to google and type in NATIONALIZE YOUBOU
    Go to google and type in LOGGING COSTS SKYROCKETING IN B.C.
    Go to google and type in DEBUNKING THE NDP TOP 30 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    1. SlimP_9860 posted on 11/14/2012 11:04 PM
      @joes_2868 Thanks for the tip on the reading list, Joe. None of us could do that. Does this google thing you talk about have anything on the BC Liberals?
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  17. miltw posted on 11/15/2012 06:35 AM
    Though a criminal offense was grounds to not be issued a passport.
    Guess it's really not who ya know but?.
  18. joes_2868 posted on 11/15/2012 07:56 AM
    SlimP: Just go to google and type in your subject name and then you can experiment from there.
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