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BC Liberals campaign ads

I've gotta say, they don't seem very effective. They pale in comparison the BC NDP's. For one, whose bright idea was it to have Christy Clark address the audience, and then speak about commitment and principles? All she's done is make herself a target. If  it were up to me, I'd make certain the BC NDP ad with the $300,000 attack on it was played every other commercial break that the BC Liberals were using the Christy Clark monologues on. I'd juxtapose these ads as often as possible, just to hammer that point home. $300,000. Christy Clark. $300,000. Christy Clark. And the BC Liberal attack ad going after John Horgan's record with the BC NDP governments in the nineties is a bit weak. Well, more than a bit weak. It's probably ineffectual. I have mostly good memories of the nineties. Things seemed better, then. There weren't many jobs, but it's easy enough to blame NAFTA for that. The BC NDP did the best they could with the hand they were dealt, ...

B.C. fires: Christy Clark pledges to spend beyond budget on wildfires

CBC News "We will spend what we need," said Clark. "If more resources are required we will get them." Wonderful! But just a quick question. Where's she going to get the manpower from? Most of the fire fighting crews I know have disbanded with the members finding employment elsewhere. Actually, that's a lie. All the crews I know of are disbanded. Fires in the prairies are already employing almost all the big union crews. Will BC need to call in the military, too? Listen, Premier Clark! It takes time to train people to fight fires. You need experienced, grizzled veterans who know and understand how fires act and react, especially in uncontrollable conditions. You can't have all-rookie crews running around in the damn woods fighting these fires. They're too uncontrollable, both the fires and the rookies! Accidents and injuries will happen, and even deaths. You need the right people in the right places. Most of the small crews are gone, and ...