Good News - I'm looking forward to hearing from the Premier. Most British Columbians are on board with his direction and would appreciate the "fire side chat" Ms James can only sit back and whine and make little cheap shots - that seams to be her only way of chatting with us.

Carole who? Oh right...her. You're right BG, she's too busy whining and shielding the NDP's agenda from the voters.

Oh yeah... the NDP agenda is whatever Jimmy Sinclair tells Carole James to make it. Big unions it is!!!

WOW!

You two need to relax a have a drink. Nobody has even attacked him for it on the site. Yikes!

Good try you two. I don't believe the notion that the majority in the province support Gordo. Hell, his caucus and cabinet ministers are jumping off the ship only a short few months before the election. Having the power ministers on the radio and TV saying there is no problem - tells me for certain that there is a problem in caucus.

Carole James in pointing out problems with the decisions that the Liberals have made. That is her job. If you don’t like it, go have a martini in Maui with his Gordness.

What's the saying.."Somethings rotten in Denmark.." and the people of BC know it. Gordo will be surprised by the election results. I'm putting money on it.

"Most British Columbians are on board with his direction..."

Really?

Is that why the last Ipsos-Reid poll had 58% of respondents answer "No" to the question: "Do you think the BC Liberals deserve to be re-elected based on their performance since the election?"

oh come on now....we all know that sure, a lot of people are not completely thrilled with everything the Liberals have done. But when it comes down to it I do think that most people see the positive direction the province is going.

The alternative is the NDP, and we all know what the economic direction of the province was during their 10 years of power. They were the worst thing to happen to BC, and I don't think people are ready to let that happen again.

Other than always use her brilliant 20/20 "hindsight" to criticize constantly, why does Carole James not comment on an important current situation, like the Film Industry subsidy ? Should taxpayers further subsidize this industry or not ? What does Carole James think ? Or does she have any thoughts of her own that are not merely criticizing past government decisions ? Maybe she is waiting for Gary Doer to tell her what to do.

Why is there this foolish 'what is Carole James going to do' talk when Gordon Campbell will not tell us what he is doing and he is still in power.

I will start asking about what the NDP might do in June if they win, if the Liberals would tell us what they are going to do in February while they are still in power.

Hey Koob, don't just put money on it. If you can, put some money IN it (the NDP election fund that is). Keep up the good work on this site Sean, it is always worth a visit!

huh? well you see colnago, if I am going to vote for Carole James I would like to know what direction her and her party intend to take BC.

I already know what Gord and the Liberals will do. I've seen over the last several years their committment to creating a strong economy in BC and making tough decisions that are good for BC as a whole.

So I really don't think it is "foolish" for people to wonder just what the NDP plan to do if elected. And the point is, so far, it doesn't look like they'll do a whole hell of a lot.

I`m surprised that the taxpayers aren`t going pay for it. We already know what the "liberals" are going to do-LIE

since we now have fixed election dates, my guestion is,,
when is carole james going to do her ,official,, bob skelly impersonation,,,??
i can,t wait.
nic.

No environmental checks, supposed self regulation by the forest industry and business, slanted residential tenancy legislation and the closure of offices so that people, usually the working poor have more barriers to resolving landlord tenancy issues, children dying while social services and the liberal lapdog Jane Morley callously ignore the situation and continue with the cuts(We will lose a few , said Gordon Hogg), bogus bragging and taking credit for the economic boom which they have very little to do with if in fact you can call this a boom(look at the GDP), selling off of B.C.Rail,serious implications for the office of the finance minister and what would have been his forced resignation, fish farms, regressive labour legislation for workers and in favour of big business,school cuts to the most needy students, health debacles which are getting worse and worse and so on and so forth, but hey continue to delude yourselves and continue the big lie(Roll your eyes John English)because they know they can fool you folks all of the time. It musty be hard work to be a Liberal supporter and delude yourselves about this inept and corrupt bunch headed by the biggest fibber we have ever had, Gordo.

even a die hard liberal supporter would get a glimpse of truth if they removed their head from the rectal cavity.

John English may be rolling his eyes sb, but I'm shaking my head that anyone could seriously try so hard to find all the negative in those things, and not one single positive.

It will just never be good enough for you and your ilk, huh? Unless of course the NDP are running things and systematically drive the evil businesses out of BC.

In fact there are some positives in spite of themselves but not many.The bad unfortunately is overwhelming because of it's maliciousness and the attempts to excuse them with one bald face lie after another.

Clearly any idiot can criticize; however asking for a position on an important economic issue like further subsidies for the Film industry in British Columbia is a very important issue for anyone who runs for leadership. For Carole James to cowardly “duck” this issue once again demonstrates her inability to do anything outside of hiding behind the NDP website and throwing mud. Will she wait for Campbell to once again make a decision just so she can sit back and throw darts? This lack of leadership is exactly why the NDP always fails miserably in government.

You are right in that the film industry is a very important issue to those who make a living ripping off the cast and crews whenever they come to make a film.

Want more business, lower the prices charged to the production companies. Heck the markup will still be 100% over retail.

Wow! Carole James handlers must read The Public Eye comments carefully. Today “Carole” has responded to questions posted here and actually has come out with an opinion on what to do with the film industry. Although I have to admit she did come out with “her” thoughts after her meeting with Gary Doer yesterday as some have suggested. At any rate Carole James says we should increase the various film tax credits at a cost of $ 30 million; add a further $ 5 million for “equity financing”, and increase by $ 800,000 BC Film’s annual budget. So basically she does think we should further subsidize the industry to the tune of $ 35.8 Million. On Wednesday she committed another $ 50 million in spending so already this week $ 85.8 million in increased spending – and this is the “new” NDP philosophy?

The thread is about Campbell coming to your living room, NOT the NDP.

but that doesn't matter! they'll just borrow more and raise taxes to pay for it! What's she going to do once Gary Doer goes home? Will she be able to come up with all thess increased spending ideas on her own?

So far, I'd say no, but then we do have every public sector union and Jim Sinclair pulling the strings, so I'm sure they'll be able to come up with something.

The BC Liberals have already been in our living rooms for months now with their taxpayer-mega-funded "Best place on earth" advertisements. At least this shows that finally the BC Liberal Party will soon start paying for its own re-election strategy, rather than having the voters pay the ad bills.

that's funny because I don't remember seeing the Liberals name in the ad anywhere. so yes, maybe the gov't is paying for it, but as far as I can see they are non partisan.

I heard a rumour that Basi and Virk were doing fundraising for the ad campaign :-)

Not partisan? Are you kidding? There isn't a political observer in the province who wouldn't call the Believe BS campaign partisan. Really, how many more times do we have to pay to hear how wonderful this province is? If I want to hear selective facts about how well our economy is performing I'll pick up the Vancouver Sun or watch Global, thanks.

Not partisan. Give me a break.

wahhh, wahhhh

so what's wrong with positive news about BC? Doesn't fit your NDP doom and gloom, everything is terrible scenario?

Ever think that the ads were aimed not only at British Columbians but at out of province investors? I'm pretty sure they weren't designed to make N and his NDP buddies feel all warm and fuzzy. Get over it.

I hope Campbell not only wears his flannel shirt, and brings his guitar along. Might I suggest the song "Point Grey Gordon"?

Let's go back 4 years Parkhurst - in the last year of the NDP gov't they spent something like $24 million on non-partisan government ads including about $1 million in the month before they dropped the writ - I am sure Parkhurst remembers those ads saying what a good job the NDP were doing on health care while the waiting lists doubled during their last five years in office - about all the revenue from the sale of electricity to California and yet there is still some $300 million or more still not paid - what a good deal the made in BC Ferries were - how we saved the north with the Skeena mill money - I think before you start lambasting this governments performance look in a mirror and see if this isn't really how the political game is played.

Nice try, but this has nothing to do with what political party I support. When in opposition, Campbell and his party lambasted the NDP for their political advertising, now in true hypocritical fashion, the liberals are shoveling out the tax dollars on feel good propaganda. If the goal is to attract out of province investment why do the adds run so heavily on local channels, during local news? Just who are they trying to convince? I would have less of a problem with the ads if they were selling the merits of our province, outside the province.

so have the ndp knobs on this site just fallen of the turnip truck, my ,god,.
free ads have been a perk ov power for ions,so that must mean, god help those losers,,.they need it..

thanks ,sean for opening the discussion on the ads .
Will the media assist the citizens of this fair land and follow the dollars and report where the funds originate from?
I hope that the party pays and not the tax revenue pile as in the past,but i have no choice as with the NDP .Once i pay my taxes the party in power can do with it as they please .
What we need is a chance to tick off on a "shopping list " where i prefer that they spend it.
The last thing i want is funds going to ad firms to be paid out to those who may chose to donate to their own partisan inclination. Oops that already has happened,
remember?
Once the tax money is extorted out of the citizens in this fair land the control is gone from the taxpayer.Yes , Virginia,it is extorted.
If i do not pay i go to jail!
The power is the money, the lust for power is to get at the tax money and distribute it to those that matter that is canada's politics in a nut shell.
Sooo the money from the party may have come from the citizens anyhow.

dmb, it it the wait times that count, not the number of people on the wait list. You are totally wrong about the wait list doubling under the NDP. Cardiac wait times did not go up under the NDP except in 1997 and the NDP responded by paying to reduce them back down to where they were. It is under the BC Liberals that the wait times have more than tripled. You can see at the government web site that this information is no longer available.

The BC Liberals have been incompetant and irresponsible health care. These CanWest stories about a few people dying are nonsense.

Cardiac and cancer have gone down under the Liberals - over half of the people on wait lists are waiting for knee and hip replacements which the greatest Canadian and a man that i admire as a true Social Democrat Tommy Douglas never imagined would occur as the system never planned for the baby boomers all getting ailments at once as a result of trying to be more physically active.

The comment was not meant as a criticism of the previous NDP's gov't health spending but rather our inability regardless of political persuasion to solve the wait list problem - Some of the longest wait lists in the country are in Sask - that province has also increased it's funding - as long as Canadians expect womb to tomb public health care and a hospital on every corner and small hamlet we are not going to solve the problem - in case you are a health care worker I quit the BC Liberals over Bill 19 but cannot support the NDP as i don't feel they are responsible with taxpayers money and too beholden to public sector unions.
Sue - you obviously feel at great deal about health care - we presently spent 43% of the provincial budget on health care - other than taxing the higher incomes and those nasty corporations that create jobs etc where is the money that Carole James is going to spent on health care, education, social services, universities, enviroment etc going to come from.
Also Sue can you tell me how many additional nursing and doctor spaces were created during the 10 years that the NDP were in power.

Just thought I`d add this comment- Parkhurst doesn`t like liars from any party, and also doesn`t like gov`t paid advertising from any party as well.