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May 2 Letter: Liberals cannot be trusted

The BC Liberals said they would not sell BC Rail, then did anyway.

Editor, The Times:

The BC Liberals under Christy Clark cannot be trusted.

BC Liberals said they would not sell BC Rail, then did anyway.

People were shocked when this government admitted it was paying the ENTIRE $6 MILLION legal bill for Basi and Virk when they admitted they were guilty, a complete contradiction of government policy.

Because of the BC Liberals, BC Hydro is going to lose $290 million this year, due to paying higher rates for the electricity we are not using, That’s free enterprise.

B.C.’s recent budget is not credible. In 2012-13 total B.C. revenue is expected to be $43.1 billion. That’s an annual growth of 3.1 per cent, but the second quarterly report for 2012-13 showed that revenue increased by only 1.9 per cent from the previous year. In the current budget government assumed revenue would increase to $44.6 billion. If revenue continues to grow at 1.9 per cent, revenue for 2013-14 will suffer a $1.1 billion shortfall.

The auditor general, John Doyle, recently released a scathing report on the government’s “carbon offset” program, forcing schools and hospitals to pay more for private-sector “carbon credits”.

Under BC Liberals we have had FOUR consecutive deficits in a row. So much for red ink they pledged to “OUTLAW” forever.

BC Liberals cannot be trusted. After 12 years of BC Liberal mismanagement, it is time for a change.

Gladys Brown, Midway