To the editor,
After taking millions in corporate handouts to win election, and voting down six bills to ban big money, Premier Christy Clark now says she supports political finance reform. Tigers don’t change their stripes, and Clark’s sudden policy U-turns don’t absolve her of her disastrous record.
Nigel Philcox, Nanaimo
To the editor,
Wow, a month and a half afer the B.C. election we have chaos. Yes, politics does make strange bedfellows. The Greens and NDP have entered into some kind of marriage of convenience which nobody believes will last.
Christy Clark and the Liberals, having blundered for years, have apparently found religion and are prepared to finally deal with childhood issues and welfare rates. Only time will tell if this is too little too late or better late than never.
Grant Maxwell, Nanaimo
To the editor,
How can Premier Christy Clark do a total flip-flop and expect people to take her seriously. She is taking a big gamble that people will not realize that she has campaigned long and hard against these things. People, please realize that this is a game to keep her in power.
Maureen Martin, Ladysmith
To the editor,
What to make of the Liberals’ recent Throne Speech in which most of the speech went totally against their own policies (such as ending corporate and union donations, a death-wish for the Liberals)? Co-operation with the opposition? Too late for that.
A desperate attempt to woo voters who will soon have to vote because the supposedly humbled and ‘co-operative’ Liberals force an unwanted and unneeded election in the hope that they will again enjoy unfettered power? Highly likely.
Last month they were given an opportunity to work with the Greens in order to provide the province with stability. Strange that then they were not interested in embracing the policies they have now placed before the legislature.
Haven’t we had enough of this? Let’s get on with the NDP/Greens governing this province. Clark should do what she can to make things work for at least a couple of years. It’s now someone else’s turn to be the premier.
Ian Gartshore, Nanaimo
To the editor,
Premier Christy Clark’s deathbed conversion to party financing reform and child care is cynicism of the worst order. No reasonable person can believe that after 16 years in power the Liberals have suddenly seen the light. This move is a blatant attempt to either avoid defeat in the legislature or, if defeated, to be able to embarrass the NDP and Greens in the next election by saying that they voted down their own policies. Manoeuvring of this sort is what has destroyed politicians’ credibility and led to widespread voter cynicism; it is very corrosive of democracy, and must not be rewarded at the polls.
James Duthie, Nanaimo