The Facts on Seniors Beds in BC

Carole James and the NDP are ignoring the advice of almost half of the economic organizations and experts cited on their own just-launched website by opposing the Harmonized Sales Tax.

The NDP likes to talk tough on the economy, but it doesn't match their actions. Here are ten questions for Carole James on the economy.

NDP leader Carole James continues to mislead British Columbians on government's increased investment in education, despite the fact the NDP's own election budget actually called for far less funding for K-12 education. The BC NDP election plan called for a 60% cut in education funding increases.

NDP leader Carole James is again showing a total lack of leadership by refusing to take a position on whether or not her party would cancel the HST and destroy the jobs and investment it will create.

As NDP leader Carole James takes her job destruction tour through the Interior, Finance Minister Colin Hansen says it is time for her to stop misleading British Columbians.

The NDP's plan to bring back photo radar means less police on the streets and a weakening of public safety.

NDP leader Carole James's rejection of a report showing the Harmonized Sales Tax will create more than 113,000 jobs over the next 10 years highlights the NDP's incompetence.

The NDP stood in the Legislature and rejected a plan that protects vital services like health care and provides tax relief for families and small businesses.

Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson refused to support the new Northwest Transmission Line today, despite several opportunities to do so in the Legislature.

The NDP have admitted their plan for B.C.'s economy would mean spiralling deficits with no hope of balancing the provincial budget, says BC Liberal Finance Minister Colin Hansen.

NDP MLA John Horgan's support for the continued operation of the inefficient Burrard Thermal Power Plant, one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the Lower Mainland, will put the health of Fraser Valley residents at risk.

Carole James must immediately apologize to British Columbians and our athletes after showing a complete lack of judgement by posing in questionable photos and promoting anti-Olympic messages on the NDP’s photo website.

Carole James’ credibility and leadership sustained a further blow today with local mayors and former NDP Premier Mike Harcourt coming out against her climate plan in the critical, final days of the provincial election.

In the final days of the election, the NDP continues to squander their chance to come clean on the true impacts of their tax-and-spend budget plan.

The NDP announced the final component of their Energy Plan today – completing their total ban on virtually every form of energy production invented to date. So far this campaign Carole James and the NDP have announced their intention to ban or put out of business run-of-river, solar, bioenergy, geothermal, tidal, wind, oil and gas and now coalbed gas (CBG). These industries employ thousands of British Columbians and generate billions in investment – with the potential for more jobs and investment in the future – yet the NDP platform will shut them all down.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it’s hard to be flattered when Carole James and the NDP steal the BC Liberal transit plan outright. Today Carole James made a series of embarrassing and disingenuous re-announcements attempting to take credit for things the BC Liberals have already announced and the NDP already voted against.

The NDP is now resorting to blatant dishonesty to try and hide the damage Carole James and the NDP will do to the economy and the job losses that will result from their reckless forestry policies.

The NDP’s announcement that they will move ahead with rail bed and track improvements on Vancouver Island is yet another unfunded commitment that the NDP have no ability to actually deliver on. Let’s look at what the NDP said and contrast it with the facts:

VANCOUVER – NDP candidate Bob Simpson’s lack of understanding of B.C.’s mining industry, coupled with the NDP’s reckless, job-killing policies, will put the B.C. mining industry and thousands of family-supporting jobs in rural B.C. at risk, says BC Liberal Energy Minister Blair Lekstrom.

NDP Leader Carole James tried to spin her reckless job killing platform in BC's Northwest yesterday, where she provided no new ideas on how to protect B.C. employees during the global economic downturn and position British Columbia to lead North America out of the economic challenges. Instead, she continued her dishonest attacks and didn't address the concerns British Columbians have about their and their families' economic future.

At a time when British Columbians expect political parties to strengthen crime laws, it was revealed today that the Carole James NDP are actively campaigning against changes to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act which would result in mandatory jail time for producing and selling illegal drugs, putting gangsters behind bars.

The NDP must come clean on their true position on legalizing drugs in British Columbia, says Vancouver-Kensington BC Liberal candidate Syrus Lee.

The NDP’s proposal for a one-time “tax holiday” for small business will do nothing to address the crippling effects of the NDP’s additional new taxes and wage policies that could result in hundreds of business closures and layoffs for thousands of workers, says Finance Minister Colin Hansen.

Today on CKNW NDP candidate Bruce Ralston continued the NDP’s failed defence of their $412 million flaring gas tax problem.

Following recent confessions that they did not understand their own tax proposals, it is time for the NDP to publicly admit that their platform lacks credibility and, if implemented, would result in devastating job losses in B.C.’s most critical industries, says Finance Minister Colin Hansen.

The BC Liberals are committed to putting a new, retractable roof on BC Place Stadium. The new roof will help attract more events, increase revenues and serve as home for the new Vancouver Whitecaps MLS franchise in 2011. The new roof and other renovations will create 2,500 jobs and bring almost $100 million in additional economic benefit to the region for hotels, taxis, restaurants and other tourism-dependent businesses.

An NDP candidate has confirmed that Carole James and the NDP are once again considering the introduction of a “death tax” to pay for the excessive spending in their platform, says BC Liberal candidate for Abbotsford West Mike de Jong.

Carole James’ announcement that she would acquire “12,000 hectares of forest land sold-off to private interests by the Campbell government” is both dishonest and completely disingenuous.

Red-faced NDP brass have admitted that the $412-million, job-killing tax on gas flaring in their platform was flawed; sourced from a report they hadn’t read; and that they had no clear idea what they were taxing or who to collect that tax from.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it’s hard to be flattered when Carole James and the NDP steal the BC Liberal transit plan outright. Today Carole James made a series of embarrassing and disingenuous re-announcements attempting to take credit for things the BC Liberals have already announced and the NDP already voted against.

Prince George-Valemount NDP candidate Julie Carew has broken ranks with leader Carole James over the NDP's reckless plan to ban new jobs and investment from independent power projects (IPPs), announcing that she supports IPPs.

Carole James took time out today to make her first visit to Vancouver’s historic Chinatown where she promised new funds for the community’s revitalization.

A Prince George NDP candidate has confirmed Carole James and the NDP still want to recklessly jeopardize the Softwood Lumber Agreement, even though that position that has been categorically rejected by major forest industry leaders.

Carole James was touring the Kootenays today claiming the NDP would “strengthen the relationship” with local government.

Today Carole James told CKNW listeners during the Leader’s Debate that the NDP supports the Port Mann Bridge and that the NDP was responsible for transit being part of the project.

NDP Leader Carole James hit new depths of dishonesty in today’s CKNW radio debate, claiming the NDP campaign was not engaging in negative attacks and misleading British Columbians by claiming it was the NDP who made transit part of the new Port Mann Bridge.

A second NDP MLA has broken with his party and is endorsing local independent power producers (IPPs) at the same time NDP leader Carole James is touring renewable energy projects she wants to close down, says Environment Minister Barry Penner.

Carole James has confirmed she has plans to introduce new taxes on the B.C. forest industry but refuses to say until after the election how high those taxes will be.

A letter released today shows that an NDP MLA has been secretly endorsing local independent power producers (IPPs) in his community while NDP leader Carole James has been hypocritically campaigning against them, Environment Minister Barry Penner said today.

Comments in the wake of the NDP’s Facebook fiasco prove once again that after weeks of talking the talk on technology and social networking, the NDP and their values are truly out-of-step with regular British Columbians.

Carole James should reflect on her record and the facts before spreading more misinformation and dishonesty about private clinics in B.C.

Carole James continues her dishonesty with forest dependent communities with claims that raw log exports are rising. And her vague commitment to further tax and restrict log exports puts jobs at risk.

The NDP continue to play political football with the dreams of soccer fans hoping for a new BC Place roof.