Certain mainstream BC journalists have let Christy Clark and the BC Liberals off the hook for ruining BC Hydro and ICBC and utterly failing on LNG, says Rafe Mair.
The BC Liberals have left one hell of a fiscal and economic mess behind, but if the NDP isn’t brutally honest in laying blame, they will surely, wrongly catch the blame themselves and lose the next election.
Beneath all the talk of “balanced budgets” lies a massive fiscal mess the BC Liberal government has created – including a five-fold increase to the province’s true debt, the bankrupting of BC Hydro and the boondoggle that is LNG.
The Clark Liberals’ broken LNG promises should make for a rough ride this coming election year, says Rafe Mair – but can John Horgan and the NDP capitalize?
A new BC Liberal bill would lock in rock-bottom tax rates for multinationals like Petronas for 25 years, ensuring British Columbians see very little benefit from the LNG industry – including far fewer jobs than promised.
The BC government is worried it can’t control the way fracking and LNG are being criticized through social media, a Freedom of Information request reveals.
Rafe Mair argues BC is being played by LNG behemoths like Petronas. The Clark government is out of its depth, negotiating away taxes and environmental protections.
BC is being sold out by its government on LNG, through secretive, backroom deals with the likes of Malaysian energy giant Petronas, argues Kevin Logan.
BC has already given the farm away to LNG players like Malaysia’s Petronas – slashing royalties, taxes, and regulation…But, apparently, it’s still not enough.