The Hook

Right Vivian.

Even if you contemplated for a second the question, "What would they buy all that imported lumber with?", you would not make such an asinine statement. Then again you have to consider the source.

Perhaps.....

Perhaps if the Haitians were drunk on martinis like Gordon Campbell always is and passed out on their front yards the death toll would be less.

What a moron...Your right Skywalker,95% of the Haitian population make 1 to 2 dollars per day, ......

So they could buy how many 2X4s per day? A weeks pay to buy one stick....

South America has trees and they are a lot closer to Haiti than we are...Gordon Campbell must be related to Pat Robertson.

Sheesh!

I don't often stoop to name

I don't often stoop to name calling - but this is the worst case of stupid I have seen from this fool for at least a week.

Opportunistic

This really made me wince. Maybe the premier could wait at least until they're done burying all the dead before be starts using Haitian pain to sell BC lumber.

And maybe someone should ask France where all the lumber went in the first place.

if the shoe fits

I checked the definition of psychopath: a personality disorder whose hallmark is a lack of empathy

If anyone had any doubts

About what a poor excuse for a human being this asshole actually is, Campbell has removed any doubt with this unbelievable callous and stupid statement.

Not only does he fail to understand anything about Haiti and its history – not to mention the fact that the country has the lowest per capita income in the Western Hemisphere, but he knows sweet bugger all about construction in the Caribbean as well.

The man is a moral disaster and a moron.

Great stuff ReeferMadness

No wooden houses but the country is suffering from extreme de-forestation.

A country that has been raped and exploited by the so-called ...."Developed Nations"

Gordo the guy shilling for

Gordo the guy shilling for something, one more time. The poor in Haiti have used up all local wood, cauing there to be nothing to stop the land from keeping growable food. Up pops Gordo with another vision. My God, the guy is an embarassment to us all. Is there no one in his team that can shut him up when he has visions?

And we thought...

...there was no greater moron than televangelist Pat Robertson>

And yet...

And yet no one has said a word about Naomi Klein exploiting this tragedy to sell more books.

Give to the Red Cross today.

wood

We in B.C could supply them with lumber you dumb prick if we had a forest industry that manufactured lumber.Those are the people we should be helping instead of the scum that are feeding of all the rest of us.Goof.God if I ever see his ugly face with in range his smug smile will be for ever altred

Adding insult...

to injury, I wish i could say i was surprised but I`d bet not many folks are.Even the very basic knowledge of Haitis troubled history would make you believe it`s the gordon campbells of this world who would have their boot firmly on the throat of the disposessed in an effort to extract maximum advantage.

Leftofcenter

That's because Naomi Klein has not said anything as insensitive and outstandingly stupid as Campbell. Even getting it has it right as most of our harvested wood now goes as raw log export.

I apologize

as a British Columbian, I apologize for our premier's comments on Haiti.

My prayers are with you and, like many other Canadians, I hope my donations help you now for immediate basic necessities and in the future, as you rebuild your country.

But it`s OK...

All legal too, cuz the trees are from "private" land own by forest companys. Ever wonder how much these theives paid for this land and whom they bought it from and for how much and when? just asking!

wood

Insensitivities of our pathological CEO aside, there is also the mold issue that goes along with building houses out of pine in a hot humid country that got 4 hurricanes in 2008! So, in order not to give them athsma and mold-related health issues, I suppose that wood would have to be pressure-treated with something toxic. Then, of course, there's an exterior (not interior in hot lands) vapour barier, insulation, and interior wall surface that will not leak the toxins from the wood. Unshaded stick-frame construction in the tropics is hot. They have no trees to shade the structures, the people would need insulated walls.

Even if we gifted the materials and taught the Haitians how to build the housing, whose gonna spring for all of the fire trucks? Whose gonna put in a fire-hydrant system so that if one of those hoses catches fire, the whole bloody city doesn't go up like Chicago (1871) or San Francisco (1906) did? Yeah, wooden structures might withstand hurricanes, but you have to have a viable building department/permitting system to see it through and maintain it.

Even had he had waited an adequate period of time before opening his mouth, our mediocre developer of a premier, king of the leaky condos, daddy of the 5-story apartments/condos, needs to be asking questions before he starts spouting off with his ideas. A more thoughtful Campbell might have said, "You know, once we have helped the Haitians bury and mourn for their lost loved ones, I'd like to explore the possibillity of opening some lumber mills that could produce wood products that can withstand hurricanes and floods so that we might give them some homes and some government structures. Perhaps wood could be safer for the Haitians to live and work in."

Sick...

Leave it to Campbell to use a disaster like this as a marketing opportunity. Sick bastard (though I have to say I am certainly not surprised).

Pickle Brain

SharingisGood you are too kind.

This guy really is unflippingbelievable.

Oh my God!

I'm so sorry Haiti for your terrible loss and the absolute, complete idiot remarks of our Premier. Can the guy really be that insensitive? I have to hope that the truck loggers were as horrified with his remarks as I am. This man is a total embarrassment.

Asinine Premier

Apologies to Haitians for our insensitive and clueless Premier!

Wood for brains

Campbell does it again. The inappropriateness of this comment needs no explanation, but an apology to all peoples of Haitian descent is in order. The offensiveness of his blatherings are an embarrassment to all BC voters.

And after spending so much time in Hawaii, you would think dufus would realize that hot climates have a problem with wood construction, besides the financial outlay.

Termites. Eat. Wood.

Geesh.

If you want...

to hear the opposing view to this sorry spectacle of our ruler just tune in tomorrow to cknw`s liberal lov-in with our very own blowhard bill good and his weekly chorus of liberal suckholing members of our esteemed fourth estate baldry/palmer, never will be heard a discouraging word about gordo the great and good.

The more

The more our premier talks, the more he makes Sarah Palin look like a Mensa candidate. Maybe it's time he took one of those red mittens off one of his hands and put it in his mouth for the rest of his tenure.

Classic Gordon Campbell

Everything is always with regard to his own interests: ignorant, insensitive, impractical and selfish are just a few adjectives that come to mind about this business shill.

Too bad Campbell has neither integrity nor dignity as I am tired of him making BC look like a backwater portal for the insatiably greedy to spawn.

Is he such a stooge that he cannot comprehend a 7.0 earthquake on a country like Haiti?

How does a man this shallow, whose social conscience maxed out in kindergarten, get anywhere in life other than behind bars where he belongs?