COLLINS: May God help us all
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FIRST OF ALL, you know what’s been nice this week? Not seeing or hearing those damn election commercials trying to tear down the opponents while promising the moon to voters who don’t have any idea what is specifically being proposed and how it will be paid for.
The words in the title were part of a discussion I had with a union shop steward a couple of days before the votes. His worry concerns the way the BC Liberal party years ago cut expenses so much that many services were stripped to the bone. He didn’t disagree with criticism over the timing of the election call, nor the way the NDP acted over the last few months. But he said the Conservatives were going to set us back decades with cuts affecting budgets and jobs. I looked at a list originating with the Canadian Press, outlining some of the promises made during the campaign. You tell me what will happen.
NO NEW TAXES OR TAX INCREASES
Right off the bat, a promise that cannot be kept without destroying key elements of our infrastructure. Costs will continue to rise. We will not be able to run the province without increasing taxes, let alone dealing with the premier-elect’s promise to give us a good-sized cut to our personal income tax.
