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Premier reacts to memo leak and nasty comments
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
Marcella Bernardo | Email news tips to Marcella
2/27/2013

Premier Christy Clark is deflecting questions about more alleged misdeeds by members of her government.

Speaking after attending an anti-bullying event at  Vancouver's Point Grey secondary clark refused to call  long time Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger a bully for offensive comments he's made about another political party.

"It's  not appropriate.  I don't call people names.  There's a reason I don't call people names -- today of all days -- I don't think we want to get political about it."

Clark also tried to defend leaked documents showing her party is  trying to cash in on the ethnic vote in May - she will only say it's important to listen to multicultural groups.

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  1. PeterK_18 posted on 02/27/2013 04:12 PM
    Really? So its no big deal? Imagine the holy outrage of the BC Liberals had this been done by the NDP in its last days of power; 16pts behind the opp'n heading towards an election.

    Scandal and corruption = scandal and corruption no matter the party.

    Resign and call an election IMMEDIATELY.
    1. P.D posted on 02/28/2013 10:06 AM
      @PeterK_18 as if its all going to be happy ever after when the NDP get power? ya right we. sahll see.?!
  2. Ron_26 posted on 02/27/2013 04:13 PM
    Marcella and company, when are you going to start doing some stories about NDP material? You've been extremely one-sided on this forum and it's getting to be boring. You didn't even cover the NDP "gathering" over the weekend. I'm genuinely interested in what's going on in their camp - if anything.
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/27/2013 06:24 PM
      @Ron_26 Spoken like a true Liberal , (Charlie Brown, why's everyone pickin on me!) Come on be a man stand up and take it! Your Liberals are throwing all it's supporter under the bus! OH! Please dig, up some NDP dirt, even if it not true, make it up right, Ron! read it all! alexgtsakumis.com/ Good reading! Go NDP Go
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  3. DeceitinDrugsD posted on 02/27/2013 04:26 PM
    Christy Clark used the services of Bajwa last election
    to round up the ethnic vote in wealthy South Surrey.

    It's no secret she is very connected with several ethnic
    voters and the Bollywood extravganza is a perfect example.

    It is important to listen to multicultural groups, but, I question,
    when guys like DeJong has his buddy round up 10,000+ new
    memberships just before the election...............does that
    qualify listening to the ethnic vote?
  4. joes_2868 posted on 02/27/2013 04:30 PM
    PeterK_18: Are you going to run as a NDP candidate? You have the qualifications as shooting from the hip is one of them.
    "16 points behind the opposition"
    Please explain to the readers why this same situation faced the incumbent governments in Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario, all showing for a defeat, but on election day, were all returned to another term of government.
    The readers would like an explanation.
    1. WizardOron posted on 02/27/2013 05:17 PM
      @joes_2868 How long will you continue to defend the BC Liberal Government, a government now using government employees and money to develop BC Liberal Party Campaign materials and what not in order to get the ethnic vote.

      A few quotes for you:

      "Let me be clear: This government has no mandate to govern. This government is illegitimate in the eyes of the public today. They have no moral right to govern. This government has no mandate to pass legislation, no mandate to make appointments, no mandate to pass a budget.
      "So I want to be clear that following an election, should the Opposition be elected to government, we reserve the right to suspend legislation so it can be properly reviewed, to amend legislation or to repeal it. We reserve the right to dismiss any new appointments that this government makes, because this government's regime is over."

      The author of that March 19, 2001 quasi-stop-work-order for the then New Democratic Party government? Fellow named Gordon Campbell,

      Vaughn Palmer: It’s time for the B.C. Liberals to stop making major commitments for the future
      Tuesday, February 26, 2013
      By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun columnist

      Government appointees directed to work on B.C. Liberals’ campaign messaging
      Justine Hunter, Victoria — The Globe and Mail, Published Wednesday, Feb. 27 2013, 5:31 PM EST, Last updated Wednesday, Feb. 27 2013, 6:36 PM EST

      Premier Christy Clark’s office and caucus were directed to work hand-in-glove with her B.C. Liberal party to develop government policy, political messaging and crucial election databases as part of a strategic courtship of the province’s ethnic vote, leaked documents show.
    2. PeterK_18 posted on 02/27/2013 08:20 PM
      @joes_2868 Sometimes the pollsters get it wrong, sometimes right.
      Mitt Romney and others were convinced the polls were skewed too. Turns out they were right and Obama won by a compelling margin. Angus Reid polled the US election and was bang on.
      As the campaign officially starts, I expect the gap may change, but they have been reliable in BC elections. But if you want to invent your own numbers to believe in, cool! Good luck with that :)
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  5. AlfredO posted on 02/27/2013 05:37 PM
    I can't help but wonder if the new business office in London is a cookie for Christy for making sure the NDP has a stinking pile of debt to deal with when they get in. Now, when they have to raise taxes to clean up the debt, the liberals will be able to scream about how the NDP is bad for business. Big business will hold onto their cash for four years while the libs blame the NDP and eventually get re-elected so they can resume the gravey train that businesses have enjoyed while the liberals were in power. Most of us commoners will just have to get used to lower standards of living. Christy and Gord will live in luxury, laughing.
    1. AnneH_4 posted on 02/27/2013 06:19 PM
      @AlfredO Let them eat cake
  6. bctaxpayer posted on 02/27/2013 05:49 PM
    I cannot take anymore BS from risky Clark and the corrupt BC Lie berals.I look forward to Premier Dix to lead The NDP with a majority .
    1. bctaxpayer posted on 02/27/2013 05:52 PM
      @bctaxpayer Won't it be nice to see a non arrogant leader as is risky Clark the photo op queen.
    2. P.D posted on 02/28/2013 10:07 AM
      @bctaxpayer dream on. all the pigs eat from the same trough.
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  7. taxed to death posted on 02/27/2013 05:54 PM
    Jeez snookie where's your good friend Diamond stand on this....isn't she the dope that you appointed as a shrill to keep the blogs clean....well cmon release the beast that she is....diamond where the f@$k are you on the bloated over fed grain fed corpulent sow Kruger
  8. RichardF_4221 posted on 02/27/2013 06:02 PM
    Funny how the opposition and media jump all over anything done by a government member as if it's the Premier, or Prime Minister's fault. Apparently trying to run a province or country, and please everybody's opinion and sensabilties isn't enough. They also have to be baby sitters. I can see if the leader read the memo before it was sent further and let it go, then it's his or her problem. These people are responsible adults, and how they act is their fault, nobody else's. Jumping on someone that wasn't directly involved in the problem at a public forum directed at children is scumbag reporting at best.
    1. AnneH_4 posted on 02/27/2013 06:20 PM
      @RichardF_4221 Good points
    2. PeterK_18 posted on 02/27/2013 08:23 PM
      @RichardF_4221 Who's accountable if not the Premier and Leader of the Party? Passing the buck to "someone else" is cheap exit. Where does the buck stop? Who authorized this? If not the Premier, she can most certainly stop it. If not, then she owns it.
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  9. MichaelD_10 posted on 02/27/2013 06:25 PM
    This why no party should get more than one term. Do Like Rafe Mair said "Throw the Bu&&ers off the trough."
    Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

    It's the Conservatives turn.
  10. joes_2868 posted on 02/27/2013 06:35 PM
    bctaxpayer: Adrian Dix to win the NDP a majority government. How so? The NDP need 49% plus of the majority vote to win government. Do your research.
    1. PeterK_18 posted on 02/27/2013 08:28 PM
      @joes_2868 Constitutional lesson for you.

      To win a 'majority government', the leading party must win 44 seats. And by winning a seat, that simply means one more vote than the runner up. Winning a majority government has never meant (as you state) 49% of the vote. BC Liberals never won more than 49% in 2009, 2005; the NDP didn't get 49% in 1972, 1991, or 1996 either.
      That might suck, as most people would prefer their government to have an absolute majority mandate, but given two chances to change our voting system, both failed...so this is what we live with.
    2. bctaxpayer posted on 02/28/2013 07:36 PM
      @joes_2868 You know that risky Clark is done now risky was fought with her hand in the tax payer's cookie jar. Stealing that's what risky was caught doing.Fire that broad.
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  11. joes_2868 posted on 02/27/2013 06:38 PM
    WizardOron: Looking forward to hear your comments at around 8:45 pm on May 14, 2013.
    1. WizardOron posted on 02/27/2013 06:48 PM
      @joes_2868 You really think the BC Liberals deserve to be re-elected, they no better than the two previous administrations we've had. . .maybe getting the keys to the Legislature corrupts any party lucky or unlucky enough to win an election...I do not think the BC Liberals deserve another term in power and I'm not afraid to admit that and yes, I've voted for them. . .but not this time. . .
  12. joes_2868 posted on 02/27/2013 06:45 PM
    Ken280: The readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home. "Go NDP Go". No way, put both the Liberals and NDP into opposition status.
    Ken, you are living a double standard of life. Preach one thing and do the exact opposite.
    You would never take back a former spouse from a previous divorce to re-create the nightmare, then why would you do it with government?
    The NDP to win government is very foolish as they would be voted out in 2017, just not sound economics.
    Are you telling the readers, that if that "FORD" you bought turned out to be a lemon, you next vehicle purchase would be a ford?
    Now tell us the truth.
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/28/2013 11:00 AM
      @joes_2868 You seem to think you know me? You know nothing about me or my life and if you did the last thing you would do is this say to my face! You are coward and hide here, thinking you are entitled while you are working for the Liberal/cons of the coalition and then with a little favor to the Con/Liberals of the coalition.you have untrue statements and your rants about the NDP in other provinces, that nobody really gives a rats a*s, about.We are here in BC and we have a very corrupt, coalition from the free enterprise party, that all of the coalition tolerates and now they are trying to change their spots on the fly! Go NDP Go
  13. joes_2868 posted on 02/27/2013 06:49 PM
    bctaxpayer: Are you now telling us that you are losing sleep over this? Boy, you do have a problem. Run to Ken280, the readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home who will offer you some help on how you can still manage to get your sleep. It will make Ken, feel really proud that someone really listens to him.
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/28/2013 11:08 AM
      @joes_2868 well it seems you are fixed on everything I say Thumper Joe, trying to ******** all your supporters here to get them to like you! Do you meet on the sly at the Fairmont Waterfront downtown Vancouver kinda close to Clark's office but for a Liberal/Con of the coalition whats New! Go NDP Go
  14. RegA [deleted] posted on 02/27/2013 07:02 PM
    I had a 4000 word dissertation typed out, to irritate all you poor Liberal supporters, but opted to not flap my gums on this forum and cancelled it, because I really don't care. It's a done deal, 98% of BC taxpayers can see what's gone/going on.
    I wonder what tears, frustration, and humilation sound like? I'll find out the morning of the 15th of May, I guess.
  15. joes_2868 posted on 02/27/2013 07:34 PM
    WizardOron: If not the Liberals, then anyone except the NDP. NDP is NDP anywhere in Canada, and their record has been a disaster, anywhere they managed to get elected.

    I do not know who you vote for, but maybe you can answer why are the NDP going to be a one time wonder in Nova Scotia.
    1. WizardOron posted on 02/27/2013 08:13 PM
      @joes_2868 Nova Scotia does not concern me and the BC Liberal record is not much better than the NDP. How much do they have to juggle the books before people wake up to that fact? The BC Liberals shuffle money all over the place to make their budgets less than terrible than they really are. They redefine debt so it looks more pretty but it's still debt whether be put off to BC Hydro, BC Ferries or classified as Contractual Obligations. They have overspent our money by $6 billion.

      I want a government that is straight talking, one that will use accepted accounting principles to deal with money coming in and money going out.

      I don't need a lecture from you or anyone else about the NDP, you as everyone else out there has the right to their own opinions. You make opinions joes_2868, not factual statements. If I vote NDP that is my right. as it is is for anyone else in this province or anyone who leaves a comment here. I lived and worked through the 90's and know what happened then and I have worked and lived through the last decade and know what has happened with it.

      The BC Liberals capitalized and took advantage of the high commodity prices and return of the mining sector in the province to give us some tax breaks. They were not responsible for those commodity prices that was decided on by the market and supply and demand cycles of the need for natural resources.

      The BC Liberals are now struggling as did the Social Credit and NDP before them when the commodity prices started to nosedive and eventually crash in the mid 90's. So in MY RIGHTFUL OPINION they are doing nothing that makes me say they have done anything more than an average job of governing this province and NO I WILL NOT VOTE FOR THEM!!!!!
  16. joes_2868 posted on 02/27/2013 08:41 PM
    WizardOron: Then explain why B.C. has AAA- credit rating, the second highest in Canada next to Alberta and why is B.C. a "HAVE" province. Both of these didnot happen over night. Lay all cards on the table.
    LIKE I SAID, ANYTHING EXCEPT THE NDP!
  17. BrianD_7 posted on 02/27/2013 09:18 PM
    I've read all 27 entities and when some one is feeling threatened or not confident or unsure they start to name call or make up things and give false FACTS? It's not the bc lie breals it's the bc liberal party it's not crusty Clark it's christy Clark. If you're going to have any credibility start by at least get the names correct. The NDP have not come out with any budget or policy as to what they are going to do in the next 4 years we still have a long way to go folks . Christy Clark is going to smoke Adrian Dix in the debates hands down!!!!!!! Go. LIBS. GO !!!!!
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/27/2013 11:23 PM
      @BrianD_7 I will disagree! Dix has great debating skills.He can hold his own to Christy just get her piss-off like the people here and she will blow a fuse. Go NDP Go
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  18. joes_2868 posted on 02/28/2013 12:16 AM
    Ken280: The readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home.
    YOU ARE THE ONE THAT BLOWS A FUSE MANY TIMES A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK!
  19. joes_2868 posted on 02/28/2013 12:20 AM
    BrianD_7: Excellent reply to Ken280, the readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home. Ken lives in the twilight zone.
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/28/2013 11:12 AM
      @joes_2868 You have joined me eh! Now try and get out! haha Go NDP Go
  20. BlakeN posted on 02/28/2013 08:58 AM
    Three major scandals in two days. Incredible. It must be a record.
  21. steves_9469 posted on 02/28/2013 10:08 AM
    Joes_2868 when are you going wake up and finally admit this liberal government is corrupt i dont care what party it is liberal / ndp/ conservative .corrupt is corrupt. . with every comment you make everyday defending the wrong doing of this government your starting look foolish. just saying.
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/28/2013 11:15 AM
      @steves_9469 He is not foolish, he has been crazy and on meds for months, now ranting and a raving and thumping walls and such! Go NDP Go
  22. joes_2868 posted on 02/28/2013 10:28 AM
    Steves_9469: Now you sound like Ken280, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home and bctaxpayer.
    You failed to mention that GOVERNMENTS ARE ALL THE SAME, BUT SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS.

    Please tell the readers who should be sitting in government on May 15, 2013.

    Don't blame politicians. BLAME THE VOTING TAXPAYERS. THEY HAVE THE FINAL SAY.

    WHY NOT A MINORITY GOVERNMENT ?

    WHY NOT MORE GREEN CANDIDATES VOTED IN?

    HOW ABOUT A BRAND NEW PARTY AS GOVERNMENT? NOT CONSERVATIVES. SASKATCHEWAN DID IT WITH THE SASKATCHEWAN PARTY.

    HOW ABOUT HAVING THE LIBERALS AND THE NDP BOTH SITTING IN OPPOSITION.

    This site seems to cater to NDP damage control. All of those NDP'er's lead a double standard of life. They preach one thing and do the exact opposite, when it comes to their hip pocket.

    Steve, the race in life is a long one, BUT IT IS ONLY WITH YOURSELF.
    Steve, your chances are only at half mast, SO IS EVERYONE ELSE'S.
    Just ask Ken280, the readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home and bctaxpayer.
  23. joes_2868 posted on 02/28/2013 10:31 AM
    PeterK_18: I have done my research. YOU HAVE NOT! If you don't believe me, watch at around 8:45pm on May 14, 2013, that if the NDP don't receive 49% plus of the majority vote, they will be once again the official opposition party.
    DON'T ARGUE, WAIT UNTIL 8:45PM ON MAY 14, 2013.
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/28/2013 11:20 AM
      @joes_2868 Do not argue! Just believe this fanatic, fool! Of the Liberal/con of the coalition, then he backs away to plead that people vote for anyone but the NDP!! So the Liberals retain power. Then they can still carry on doing what they do best, scr*w the public! Go NDP Go
  24. joes_2868 posted on 02/28/2013 01:36 PM
    Ken280: The readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home.
    THE JOKE IS ON YOU! YOU TAKE A WATER PILL EACH MORNING. DON'T DENY IT!
    I DON'T!

    STICK TO THE FACTS, KENNY!

    If you want the NDP as government, then do something about it. Your NDP is a long way away from 49% plus of the popular vote needed to win government.

    If you don't believe it, then watch the news at about 8:45 pm on May 14, 2013, to see it for yourself.

    Will be waiting to see your reply then.
  25. joes_2868 posted on 02/28/2013 01:41 PM
    Ken280: The readers consultant, a man with a briefcase 50 miles away from home.
    Ken, once again, why would you never take back a spouse from a previous divorce to re-create the nightmare, but am willing to do it with government.
    You have been stalling on this question for quite sometime now, just like Adrian Dix is doing on announcing his NDP platform.
    GO COALITION GO!
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