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NDP says it would end partisan advertising
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Liza Yuzda | Email news tips to liza@cknw.com
1/22/2013

The NDP say the government is wasting your money promoting the BC Liberals, and he has a plan to bring the practise to an end.

NDP leader Adrian Dix says he will propose legislation that would ensure money spent on government advertising benefits the taxpayer.


The rules would also ban all non-essential advertising four months before an election and give the Auditor General the sole power to review and approve all ads.
 
"They would satisfy and demonstrate our seriousness in banning partisan advertising with public funds and show a major difference between the way the NDP will spend public funds and the way the Liberal party is spending government funds

Dix says the liberals have been using public money to run their election campaign.


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  1. KenS_33 posted on 01/22/2013 02:13 PM
    You can say what ever you want when you are not the Goverment. Dix has not said anything except that he is as pure as the driven snow and the world will be just perfect when he and the NDP are in charge of the cheque book. I am so scared.
    1. tedw_5037 posted on 01/22/2013 02:30 PM
      @KenS_33 ...vote Conservative, they are the best with your cheque book
    2. Ron_26 posted on 01/22/2013 04:00 PM
      @KenS_33 Very true.
      And nothing new here - again.
      I just chuckle at the way he seems to pop his head up ever few weeks to take advantage of these free ads the press provides. This seem to be his go-to topic when he can't come up with anything else to discuss. It's getting old.
  2. joes_2868 posted on 01/22/2013 02:24 PM
    KenS_33: Excellent comments!
  3. AndreaK_5056 posted on 01/22/2013 02:28 PM
    Sure you will.

    The BC Conservative Party will ban corporate & union donations to political parties to help stop the bribery that happens before every election, and what will no doubt happen in May. The unions will be pouring millions of dollars into the NDP coffers to get them elected and in turn, the NDP will hand all the public sector unions HUGE raises and increases to their benefits, all on the backs of us taxpayers who have already been slammed with enough fee increases thanks to the BC fiberals.

    It's unfortunate that the voters of BC can't see the forest for the trees and will elect an NDP government instead of opting for change in the way of the BCCP. Apparently change scares BC'rs.

    As for me, it's the NDP or fiberals being in power that scares me.

    And yes, I know... "The BCCP can't even run it's own party... John Cummins is old..." blah blah blah John Cummins has way more experience then crusty or dix-head combined and the people who caused the grief internally are fiberal plants and they have been dealt with.
    1. tedw_5037 posted on 01/22/2013 02:31 PM
      @AndreaK_5056 both the NDP and Conservatives have pleged to end Corporate and Union Donations
    2. commonsense posted on 01/22/2013 03:02 PM
      @AndreaK_5056 It's quite sad that you are wasting a vote on the tories this spring. They cannot cooperate within their party, and you want them to govern our province? They need to get their s*** together first and work as a party to work for our province.
  4. joes_2868 posted on 01/22/2013 02:41 PM
    Today he says that. If given the taxpayers cheque book, he will then do the same as his buddies in NDP Manitoba and NDP Nova Scotia.
    Both Manitoba and Nova Scotia do government advertising on the tv.
    NOTE THOUGH, WHICH EVERYONE SHOULD NOTE:

    THE ADS IN B.C. AND IN NDP MANITOBA AND NOVA SCOTIA DO NOT MENTION PARTY AFFILIATION.

    THEY ALL SAY YOUR GOVERNMENT. NOT ONE MENTION OF THE WORDS LIBERAL OR NDP.
    1. Ken280 posted on 01/23/2013 12:32 AM
      @joes_2868 What's your point Thumper Joe! It is OK to spend spend taxpayer's money on boosting the Liberals?You really are a hypocrite,positively the worst two faced one of all Liberal supporters ! You rag about taxes if the NDP get in and watch your wallets! While your Liberals with cupboard bare as they say, spend and spend! This is ok with you Thumper,goes to show your priorities, along with the Liberal/Cons of the Coalition. Win at all cost with other peoples money! Go NDP GO
  5. bctaxpayer posted on 01/22/2013 04:49 PM
    Dix you are right on, risky Clark the photo queen has used 15 mmmmmillion $$$$$$ to pat her ass.but to no avail,as each ad risky has lost many thousands of toes,well deserving eh.
  6. Cin_3294 posted on 01/22/2013 05:11 PM
    yeah...how many times have we heard this promise before? Don't believe him for a second. They always come out spinning how different their particular ads are, how they are necessary to inform the public what gov't is up to, blah blah blah.
    And until they ban donations from corporations AND labour unions noen of them have a shred of credibility on this.
    1. Ken280 posted on 01/23/2013 12:39 AM
      @Cin_3294 You never hear this promise from DIX he never said it until he was running for leader! you blame him for saying this but nothing about CC &The Liberal/Cons of the coalition spending Taxpayers money for ads to make the Liberal/Cons look good !Go NDP Go
  7. AldinaI posted on 01/22/2013 05:20 PM
    Dix is taking the high road, proving he has the stamina and self-discipline needed for the position of premier. Despite the NDP record of the past, I think he'd make a good premier. He's the best of the lot.
    1. TeriR posted on 01/24/2013 12:22 PM
      @AldinaI Dix was part of the problems of the past - or have you forgotten that small point?
  8. Jartann posted on 01/22/2013 06:02 PM
    Dix clearly does not understand what the Auditor General is there for. He is not the super Grampa that everyone asks permission before doing things. Audits, by their very nature, are for the purpose of examining what was done. Under Dix, the A/G will now be making a management decision in order to approve a government ad. If Mr. Dix wants to go down this road, why not have the A/G approve every piece of legislation and every regulation and every government order? Because it doesn't work, that is why.

    For AndewaK_5056-it is another of the many disappointments I have with the BCCP that they would take the position that certain forms of free speech would be banned, on the assumption that those the ads target (voters) are too stupid to think for themselves. There are many forces out there who want to limit free speech, all for allegedly good reasons. I do not fear what anyone has to say or write, and we should hear what they have to say and decide for ourselves.
    1. Ron_26 posted on 01/22/2013 10:56 PM
      @Jartann Exactly right.
  9. BieberStoner69 posted on 01/22/2013 06:09 PM
    they are all equally corrupt so vote for who will represent you best
    1. Ken280 posted on 01/23/2013 12:49 AM
      @BieberStoner69 You are just beginning I think they have hold party line the boss will tell them what to do! for the Liberal/Cons of the coalition, it sure isn't CC! It's Kinsella the billionaire and every corporation in BC that calls the shots is more like it! but God forbid if you are in a union worker. Go NDP Go
  10. bctaxpayer posted on 01/22/2013 06:59 PM
    When a politician like the hated unpopular Risky Clark has to use attack ad's to get elected say's something like a very desperate,unpopular photo op queen. such a person never deserves to become a Premier of BC.
  11. Jartann posted on 01/22/2013 08:20 PM
    I am with the majority that does not care for Christy Clark as Premier. What kind of a person she is outside of politics is not my concern.

    I read entries from people like bctaxpayer who says she is "hated". Which raises the question: what is it about the left that they are so full of hatred, envy and resentment. Most people who oppose the NDP just oppose them, for solid reasons based on history, failed ideas, etc. What this confirms for me is that the left is out of ideas, and all they have left is to promote envy, class warfare, etc.
  12. fredb_7066 posted on 01/22/2013 09:54 PM
    what a joke, most on this board attack the ndp for saying they will not waste money on ads, but you all miss the point . the liberals are spending tax payer money to say nothing .
  13. commonsense posted on 01/22/2013 10:56 PM
    Why will the NDP cut spending on ads? Oh, that's because they will speak through their supporting unions and make membership easier. Makes their campaigning easier next election.
    1. Ken280 posted on 01/23/2013 01:00 AM
      @commonsense The liberals will get their people out there Phil Hocinnut, president of the Nonunionized Independent Contractors and Businesses Association. funny they are ina union to keep unions out. The Hypocrites will spend thousands.This Jim Shepard will spend $1million! Her is some facts.
      Does new Jim Shepard pro-Christy Clark group "Concerned Citizens for BC" have same address as BC Liberal MLA Kevin Falcon constituency?
      At last night's BC Liberal Party fundraising dinner, Premier Christy Clark announced that Jim Shepard, her $1 a year economic advisor, was leaving to create "Concerned Citizens for BC" to promote Clark's leadership and defeat the surging New Democrats.
      So why is a group with the near-identical title "Concerned Citizens of BC" apparently headquartered in the taxpayer-funded constituency office of BC Liberal Finance Minister and Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Kevin Falcon?
    2. TeriR posted on 01/24/2013 12:24 PM
      @commonsense Bang on. Jim Sinclair has already had private meetings with Dix to lay out his plans for the BC Feds and unions fo the province.

      And less face it, the BCTF already oeprates like a political arm of the NDP.

      I would love for them to disclose their election spending.
  14. Terryb12 posted on 01/23/2013 11:17 AM
    It's most interesting to me how those who are anti NDP tend to bring up things well in the past but ignore current events like:
    1. The BC Liberal financial record currently showing significant debt.
    2. The promised payout to those who built run of the river projects that will result in significant electricity costs for all of us.
    3. The lowering of income tax rates and increasing user and licence fees to make BC residents one of the highest taxed in the country.
    4. Significant cost overruns on major projects like our stadium roof.
    5. And lets not forget BC Rail.
    6. and I could go on and on.........
  15. joes_2868 posted on 01/23/2013 12:38 PM
    Ken280: The readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home. Ken, the readers are not listening to your comments because not once have you backed up your comments with any data confirmation.

    The way you write your comments, shows that you are very up tight and in a bad mood.

    You are also avoiding the issues. You do not answer the readers questions.

    I for one have asked you why is that Adrian Dix says the election will be a nail biter and you say that B.C. will have a NDP government, when in fact you tell us that you talk to Adrian Dix.

    Are you and him not seeing eye to eye anymore. Did he forget to pay for coffee just like not paying transit fares.

    We know that Adrian and Jim SinClair are not seeing eye to eye either. Not once has Jim SinClair given his opinion on the oil pipeline and we know that Jim is into job creation.

    Ken how about telling the readers which 85 B.C. ridings will have NDP MLA's and which B.C. ridings will have LIBERAL MLA'S at around 8:45 PM on May 14, 2013.

    A Liberal government means business as usual.

    A NDP government means the start of lay off slips on the morning of May 15, 2013.
  16. joes_2868 posted on 01/23/2013 03:42 PM
    Ken280: The readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home. What's the point Ken? The point is that every provincial government in Canada as well as the federal government have these same commercials, and not one of them mention PARTY AFFILIATION. Everyone of them say your government.

    Ken, you still have not told us why Adrian Dix says that the election will be a nail biter and you say that B.C. will have a NDP government. Please explain your reasoning.
  17. UnemployedinBC posted on 01/23/2013 05:41 PM
    Fifteen Million bucks could provide 300 new business grants for British Columbians of fifty thousand dollars each. I could get a business off the ground for that, and eventually employ 4 British Columbians. I think that is a lot better return on the dollar than Christys ads
    1. commonsense posted on 01/23/2013 10:37 PM
      @UnemployedinBC Why limit it to 300? You know how many businesses are established a year? How many renew after 1 year? I know it's a figure you threw out there but 300 just doesn't seem like a good number.
    2. TeriR posted on 01/24/2013 12:27 PM
      @UnemployedinBC Funny, most people start a business of their own accord rather than waiting for a government handout.
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