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B.C Election

Posted by Harvey Ostroff on Wednesday, May 13, 2009,
I'm sorry that the NDP fared so poorly in the election yesterday. Unfortunately, they blew what could have been a decent showing or even a victory because they failed to capture the imagination of the electorate. The first error was the carbon tax claw-back plan. They made that the capstone of their platform, obscuring some excellent proposals in the 50 page doc. They were, in other words, "green-shifted" out of contention. People simply didn't care as much as they had when gasoline was $1.50...
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It's happening.

Posted by Harvey Ostroff on Friday, April 17, 2009,
My book of monologues will be sold at Biz books in Vancouver starting next week. Oooh! I'm pretty excited.

Liberals are ahead in the upcoming B.C. election and I'm pissed. There is no way they have such a commanding lead. Gordo in a megalomaniac who will ruin the salmon run, has done nothing to eradicate the Pine Beetle, and has no idea of the final cost of the Olympics. They will create a monstrous debt for the Province.

Unfortunately, The NDP platform is straight out of the 90's with a rather...

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Showing Tag: "ndp" (Show all posts)

B.C Election

Posted by Harvey Ostroff on Wednesday, May 13, 2009,
I'm sorry that the NDP fared so poorly in the election yesterday. Unfortunately, they blew what could have been a decent showing or even a victory because they failed to capture the imagination of the electorate. The first error was the carbon tax claw-back plan. They made that the capstone of their platform, obscuring some excellent proposals in the 50 page doc. They were, in other words, "green-shifted" out of contention. People simply didn't care as much as they had when gasoline was $1.50...
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It's happening.

Posted by Harvey Ostroff on Friday, April 17, 2009,
My book of monologues will be sold at Biz books in Vancouver starting next week. Oooh! I'm pretty excited.

Liberals are ahead in the upcoming B.C. election and I'm pissed. There is no way they have such a commanding lead. Gordo in a megalomaniac who will ruin the salmon run, has done nothing to eradicate the Pine Beetle, and has no idea of the final cost of the Olympics. They will create a monstrous debt for the Province.

Unfortunately, The NDP platform is straight out of the 90's with a rather...

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