BC Election 2017: The irony is rich when it comes to Clarks concern over BC’s credit rating.

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That face-palm kind of moment when Premier Christy Clark and the BC Liberals use the threat of losing the provinces Triple AAA credit rating to attack the NDP… …just months after the Liberals were warned  twice in a year, that escalating BC Hydro debt threatens the provinces Triple AAA credit rating… ( But hey, theContinue reading BC Election 2017: The irony is rich when it comes to Clarks concern over BC’s credit rating.

A must read. “Are Tax Havens robbing the government of P3 revenue?”

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There are a couple of people who I really admire and follow with regards to their work on  P3’s in the province, among other items of concern. One is Erik Andersen , who in the embedded link talks about the potential for BC reaching our own fiscal cliff, and Keith Reynolds, who has written moreContinue reading A must read. “Are Tax Havens robbing the government of P3 revenue?”

Tax cuts + ensuing loss of revenue = a deliberate financial crisis…and a reason to introduce the P3 method of building

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I  have never seen more senators express discontent with their jobs. … I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been accomplices to doing something terrible and unforgivable to this wonderful country. Deep down in our hearts, we know that we have bankrupted America(British Columbia-l.y.) and that we haveContinue reading Tax cuts + ensuing loss of revenue = a deliberate financial crisis…and a reason to introduce the P3 method of building

Was the construction of the “White Elephant” Golden Ears Bridge about connecting communities – or was it a 2010 Olympic Initiative?

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Occasionally when I am investigating one story, something comes up that leads me to a new and completely unrelated topic. In this case, I was researching another P3 project I’ve been working on, and stumbled across one of those things that make you go Hmmmm.   I’m talking about that big old white elephant, the Golden Ears Bridge,Continue reading Was the construction of the “White Elephant” Golden Ears Bridge about connecting communities – or was it a 2010 Olympic Initiative?