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- On The Record – The BC NDP’s Surrender To The Business Agenda
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- A new Liberal government will do exactly what Campbell has done for the last four years. But what does the BC NDP stand for?
On The Record – The NDP’s Surrender To The Business Agenda
The NDP On Partnering With Business
“The B.C. New Democrats want to shed their confrontational past and form an unprecedented partnership with the province’s business community, leader Carole James said Thursday in an address to some of her party’s toughest critics. James told a downtown Vancouver breakfast meeting of the Coalition of B.C. Businesses that meeting with, and listening to, the provinces business leaders was “a top priority” for her. She said traditional NDP social values can “work with and support the values of entrepreneurism and risk-taking that can help drive economic innovation and job creation.” (Vancouver Sun, July 16, 2004)
The NDP On Liberal Tax Policy
“Economist Jason Clemens, director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute, told the Straight that the recently released NDP platform’s spending commitments are “rather small” in monetary value [and] the NDP’s pledge to spend an additional $75 million on health care is “not material” in comparison to the overall health budget ($11.4 billion)... Clemens, however, said the NDP appears to have accepted the Liberals’ tax policy in this election campaign. He adds that NDP leader Carole James “quite purposely” brought Manitoba NDP premier Gary Doer to B.C. for a visit. Doer reduced corporate taxes. (Georgia Straight, April 28, 2005)
The NDP On Maintaining The Liberals’ Tax Cuts
“Reckless, greedy and extreme notwithstanding, James would maintain the hated tax cuts. “It’s an important choice”, she says…. Combine the no-new-taxes pledge with what James said the day before to the Board of Trade in Vancouver: “We won’t grow if we stifle innovation and [keep] uncompetitive taxes and red tape. We can’t compete if we accept big deficits and runaway debt…. The NDP will ensure a competitive and fair tax environment. And the NDP will balance the budget every year.” (Vancouver Sun, April 14, 2005)
The NDP On The B.C. Rail Privatization
“There’ll be things the Liberals have done that we may not be able to undo,” James said this week. “There may be agreements that are in place, such as the BCR deal, that we won’t be able to bring back into government…because of the cost.” (Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, May 8, 2004)
The NDP On Health Care Privatization
“Ditto for all those [8,000] health care jobs being contracted out to private companies. “Unfortunately, you can’t go back in time,” James told me….” (Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, May 8, 2004)
The NDP On Privatization In General
[When asked “Is the NDP ideologically opposed to privatization?”] Carole James replied “No, and that’s the difference between Gordon Campbell and the NDP.” (Business In Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
The NDP On Services Cut By The Liberals
“We’re not talking about going back four years and putting back programs and services.” (Business In Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
The NDP On Contracting Out
[When asked “So, are you opposed to contracting out, full stop?”] Carole James replied, “Not necessarily…” (Business in Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
With a programme like this, why vote NDP?
The NDP Is Lurching To The Right
The simple fact is that there’s very little real difference between the Liberals and the NDP these days. Take the question of twinning the Port Mann bridge: “[Speaking to the Surrey Chamber of Commerce, Carole James] said an NDP government would build a new overpass on Highway 1 and accelerate construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road while developing a business plan for twinning the Port Mann.” (Surrey Now, April 18, 2005)
Public-private partnerships? Gordon Campbell has been using P3’s to gut public services since he got into office, but it was Mike Harcourt who set up the Task Force on Public-Private Partnerships, and it was Glen Clark who implemented most of its recommendations and started nearly two dozen NDP P3’s.
Gambling? The Liberals lied, and instead of reducing gambling, increased casino revenues by 55% since 2001. However, the Clark and Dosanjh governments increased casino revenues by 1,144% between 1996 and 2001.
Strikebreaking? The Liberals lied, tore up the HEU contract and ordered the hospital workers back to work. But this should not blind us to the fact that every single NDP government in the history of British Columbia has introduced strikebreaking legislation – Dave Barrett, Mike Harcourt, Glen Clark and Ujjal Dosanjh.
The war on the poor? Campbell brought in Bill 27, the disability review, the Safe Streets Act and a permanent war on the poorest in our society. But we shouldn’t forget that Joy McPhail’s welfare cuts in the ‘90’s were the harshest even carried out in B.C. up until that time.
Repression? Campbell sends in the RCMP to arrest aboriginal activists defending their lands at Sun Peaks. The NDP sent in the RCMP armed with automatic weapons and armoured vehicles at Gustafsen Lake.
In Vancouver-Hastings, An NDP Vote Is A Wasted Vote
Everyone knows the Liberals are lying nonstop to get re-elected, and that a new Liberal government will do exactly what Campbell has done for the last four years to steal public assets and hand them over to his business friends, to smash unions, to brutalize the poor, and to devastate the environment. Across B.C. working people are being pressured to vote NDP as a strategic vote to keep the Liberals out, despite the fact that Carole James programme is just about as right wing, pro-capitalist and business-friendly as Campbell’s.
In Vancouver-Hastings, you don’t need to do that. I’m running to give voters in this constituency a programme they can vote for. In Vancouver-Hastings especially, if you agree with our positive vision of what British Columbia can look like, you don’t have to hold your nose and vote NDP. Be an optimist. Vote for what you believe in. Vote for change.
On May 17, Vote Will Offley in Vancouver-Hastings
Another World Is Possible…. A Socialist One
(604) 773-8393
contact@leftturn.ca
www.leftturn.ca
Authorized by Thomas Hansen, Financial Agent (604) 253-3894
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Upcoming Actions & Events
- On The Record – The BC NDP’s Surrender To The Business Agenda
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- A new Liberal government will do exactly what Campbell has done for the last four years. But what does the BC NDP stand for?
On The Record – The NDP’s Surrender To The Business Agenda
The NDP On Partnering With Business
“The B.C. New Democrats want to shed their confrontational past and form an unprecedented partnership with the province’s business community, leader Carole James said Thursday in an address to some of her party’s toughest critics. James told a downtown Vancouver breakfast meeting of the Coalition of B.C. Businesses that meeting with, and listening to, the provinces business leaders was “a top priority” for her. She said traditional NDP social values can “work with and support the values of entrepreneurism and risk-taking that can help drive economic innovation and job creation.” (Vancouver Sun, July 16, 2004)
The NDP On Liberal Tax Policy
“Economist Jason Clemens, director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute, told the Straight that the recently released NDP platform’s spending commitments are “rather small” in monetary value [and] the NDP’s pledge to spend an additional $75 million on health care is “not material” in comparison to the overall health budget ($11.4 billion)... Clemens, however, said the NDP appears to have accepted the Liberals’ tax policy in this election campaign. He adds that NDP leader Carole James “quite purposely” brought Manitoba NDP premier Gary Doer to B.C. for a visit. Doer reduced corporate taxes. (Georgia Straight, April 28, 2005)
The NDP On Maintaining The Liberals’ Tax Cuts
“Reckless, greedy and extreme notwithstanding, James would maintain the hated tax cuts. “It’s an important choice”, she says…. Combine the no-new-taxes pledge with what James said the day before to the Board of Trade in Vancouver: “We won’t grow if we stifle innovation and [keep] uncompetitive taxes and red tape. We can’t compete if we accept big deficits and runaway debt…. The NDP will ensure a competitive and fair tax environment. And the NDP will balance the budget every year.” (Vancouver Sun, April 14, 2005)
The NDP On The B.C. Rail Privatization
“There’ll be things the Liberals have done that we may not be able to undo,” James said this week. “There may be agreements that are in place, such as the BCR deal, that we won’t be able to bring back into government…because of the cost.” (Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, May 8, 2004)
The NDP On Health Care Privatization
“Ditto for all those [8,000] health care jobs being contracted out to private companies. “Unfortunately, you can’t go back in time,” James told me….” (Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, May 8, 2004)
The NDP On Privatization In General
[When asked “Is the NDP ideologically opposed to privatization?”] Carole James replied “No, and that’s the difference between Gordon Campbell and the NDP.” (Business In Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
The NDP On Services Cut By The Liberals
“We’re not talking about going back four years and putting back programs and services.” (Business In Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
The NDP On Contracting Out
[When asked “So, are you opposed to contracting out, full stop?”] Carole James replied, “Not necessarily…” (Business in Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
With a programme like this, why vote NDP?
The NDP Is Lurching To The Right
The simple fact is that there’s very little real difference between the Liberals and the NDP these days. Take the question of twinning the Port Mann bridge: “[Speaking to the Surrey Chamber of Commerce, Carole James] said an NDP government would build a new overpass on Highway 1 and accelerate construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road while developing a business plan for twinning the Port Mann.” (Surrey Now, April 18, 2005)
Public-private partnerships? Gordon Campbell has been using P3’s to gut public services since he got into office, but it was Mike Harcourt who set up the Task Force on Public-Private Partnerships, and it was Glen Clark who implemented most of its recommendations and started nearly two dozen NDP P3’s.
Gambling? The Liberals lied, and instead of reducing gambling, increased casino revenues by 55% since 2001. However, the Clark and Dosanjh governments increased casino revenues by 1,144% between 1996 and 2001.
Strikebreaking? The Liberals lied, tore up the HEU contract and ordered the hospital workers back to work. But this should not blind us to the fact that every single NDP government in the history of British Columbia has introduced strikebreaking legislation – Dave Barrett, Mike Harcourt, Glen Clark and Ujjal Dosanjh.
The war on the poor? Campbell brought in Bill 27, the disability review, the Safe Streets Act and a permanent war on the poorest in our society. But we shouldn’t forget that Joy McPhail’s welfare cuts in the ‘90’s were the harshest even carried out in B.C. up until that time.
Repression? Campbell sends in the RCMP to arrest aboriginal activists defending their lands at Sun Peaks. The NDP sent in the RCMP armed with automatic weapons and armoured vehicles at Gustafsen Lake.
In Vancouver-Hastings, An NDP Vote Is A Wasted Vote
Everyone knows the Liberals are lying nonstop to get re-elected, and that a new Liberal government will do exactly what Campbell has done for the last four years to steal public assets and hand them over to his business friends, to smash unions, to brutalize the poor, and to devastate the environment. Across B.C. working people are being pressured to vote NDP as a strategic vote to keep the Liberals out, despite the fact that Carole James programme is just about as right wing, pro-capitalist and business-friendly as Campbell’s.
In Vancouver-Hastings, you don’t need to do that. I’m running to give voters in this constituency a programme they can vote for. In Vancouver-Hastings especially, if you agree with our positive vision of what British Columbia can look like, you don’t have to hold your nose and vote NDP. Be an optimist. Vote for what you believe in. Vote for change.
On May 17, Vote Will Offley in Vancouver-Hastings
Another World Is Possible…. A Socialist One
(604) 773-8393
contact@leftturn.ca
www.leftturn.ca
Authorized by Thomas Hansen, Financial Agent (604) 253-3894
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News & Analysis
- On The Record – The BC NDP’s Surrender To The Business Agenda
-
- A new Liberal government will do exactly what Campbell has done for the last four years. But what does the BC NDP stand for?
On The Record – The NDP’s Surrender To The Business Agenda
The NDP On Partnering With Business
“The B.C. New Democrats want to shed their confrontational past and form an unprecedented partnership with the province’s business community, leader Carole James said Thursday in an address to some of her party’s toughest critics. James told a downtown Vancouver breakfast meeting of the Coalition of B.C. Businesses that meeting with, and listening to, the provinces business leaders was “a top priority” for her. She said traditional NDP social values can “work with and support the values of entrepreneurism and risk-taking that can help drive economic innovation and job creation.” (Vancouver Sun, July 16, 2004)
The NDP On Liberal Tax Policy
“Economist Jason Clemens, director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute, told the Straight that the recently released NDP platform’s spending commitments are “rather small” in monetary value [and] the NDP’s pledge to spend an additional $75 million on health care is “not material” in comparison to the overall health budget ($11.4 billion)... Clemens, however, said the NDP appears to have accepted the Liberals’ tax policy in this election campaign. He adds that NDP leader Carole James “quite purposely” brought Manitoba NDP premier Gary Doer to B.C. for a visit. Doer reduced corporate taxes. (Georgia Straight, April 28, 2005)
The NDP On Maintaining The Liberals’ Tax Cuts
“Reckless, greedy and extreme notwithstanding, James would maintain the hated tax cuts. “It’s an important choice”, she says…. Combine the no-new-taxes pledge with what James said the day before to the Board of Trade in Vancouver: “We won’t grow if we stifle innovation and [keep] uncompetitive taxes and red tape. We can’t compete if we accept big deficits and runaway debt…. The NDP will ensure a competitive and fair tax environment. And the NDP will balance the budget every year.” (Vancouver Sun, April 14, 2005)
The NDP On The B.C. Rail Privatization
“There’ll be things the Liberals have done that we may not be able to undo,” James said this week. “There may be agreements that are in place, such as the BCR deal, that we won’t be able to bring back into government…because of the cost.” (Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, May 8, 2004)
The NDP On Health Care Privatization
“Ditto for all those [8,000] health care jobs being contracted out to private companies. “Unfortunately, you can’t go back in time,” James told me….” (Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, May 8, 2004)
The NDP On Privatization In General
[When asked “Is the NDP ideologically opposed to privatization?”] Carole James replied “No, and that’s the difference between Gordon Campbell and the NDP.” (Business In Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
The NDP On Services Cut By The Liberals
“We’re not talking about going back four years and putting back programs and services.” (Business In Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
The NDP On Contracting Out
[When asked “So, are you opposed to contracting out, full stop?”] Carole James replied, “Not necessarily…” (Business in Vancouver, April 26, 2005)
With a programme like this, why vote NDP?
The NDP Is Lurching To The Right
The simple fact is that there’s very little real difference between the Liberals and the NDP these days. Take the question of twinning the Port Mann bridge: “[Speaking to the Surrey Chamber of Commerce, Carole James] said an NDP government would build a new overpass on Highway 1 and accelerate construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road while developing a business plan for twinning the Port Mann.” (Surrey Now, April 18, 2005)
Public-private partnerships? Gordon Campbell has been using P3’s to gut public services since he got into office, but it was Mike Harcourt who set up the Task Force on Public-Private Partnerships, and it was Glen Clark who implemented most of its recommendations and started nearly two dozen NDP P3’s.
Gambling? The Liberals lied, and instead of reducing gambling, increased casino revenues by 55% since 2001. However, the Clark and Dosanjh governments increased casino revenues by 1,144% between 1996 and 2001.
Strikebreaking? The Liberals lied, tore up the HEU contract and ordered the hospital workers back to work. But this should not blind us to the fact that every single NDP government in the history of British Columbia has introduced strikebreaking legislation – Dave Barrett, Mike Harcourt, Glen Clark and Ujjal Dosanjh.
The war on the poor? Campbell brought in Bill 27, the disability review, the Safe Streets Act and a permanent war on the poorest in our society. But we shouldn’t forget that Joy McPhail’s welfare cuts in the ‘90’s were the harshest even carried out in B.C. up until that time.
Repression? Campbell sends in the RCMP to arrest aboriginal activists defending their lands at Sun Peaks. The NDP sent in the RCMP armed with automatic weapons and armoured vehicles at Gustafsen Lake.
In Vancouver-Hastings, An NDP Vote Is A Wasted Vote
Everyone knows the Liberals are lying nonstop to get re-elected, and that a new Liberal government will do exactly what Campbell has done for the last four years to steal public assets and hand them over to his business friends, to smash unions, to brutalize the poor, and to devastate the environment. Across B.C. working people are being pressured to vote NDP as a strategic vote to keep the Liberals out, despite the fact that Carole James programme is just about as right wing, pro-capitalist and business-friendly as Campbell’s.
In Vancouver-Hastings, you don’t need to do that. I’m running to give voters in this constituency a programme they can vote for. In Vancouver-Hastings especially, if you agree with our positive vision of what British Columbia can look like, you don’t have to hold your nose and vote NDP. Be an optimist. Vote for what you believe in. Vote for change.
On May 17, Vote Will Offley in Vancouver-Hastings
Another World Is Possible…. A Socialist One
(604) 773-8393
contact@leftturn.ca
www.leftturn.ca
Authorized by Thomas Hansen, Financial Agent (604) 253-3894
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