The Hook

land buy-back

Here they go again, Carole James buying votes - only problem is, where the heck is this in her budget? Word is NDP will pay upwards of $100-million! Is it worth it in these times?

Buying votes? Buying votes? Islandgirl!

What in the name of all that is holy has Campbell been doing for 8 long years and is still doing?

@Islandgirl

What you say Islandgirl,you would rather spend 350 million for a retractable roof or 1 billion for a defective convention center..........

It also shows the value of what Campbell gifted away ilegally......and that is not my opinion that is the opinion of the Auditor general.

And what better time to buy back then now..or would you suggest waiting until the next land boom to buy land? Where do you live? If Campbell wins maybe the land you reside on will be GIVEN away next!

Sheeeeesh,you criticize getting land back,our land,BCers land back,and you remain silent on what Campbell did in giving it away.Way to spin (PAB)

$100 million

So Campbell and Coleman gave away a $100 million property to a corporation? And people still vote for these guys?

disgorge

Their ill gotten gains.

Cmapbell, Coleman, WFP and any others involved should be thrown in the slam and WFP required to forfeit the prize.

Dogwood

This group needs to go away.

Go back to bugging people for money to stop tankers sometime in the future and leave the politics to people who know what they are doing.

And above all quit campaigning for the Libs.

I know Horter has his heart set on a Stan Hagen Park here but, listen, leave the activism to real activists.

Private Lands

Campbell could not of given the land away as these lands have been private since before confederation. They were included as the companies private portion of the TFL. Environmentalists would never allow these lands to be managed as an industrial forest so what should the TFL licensee do with these lands to get a return of investment?

You don`t know what your talking about Dirt

Before confederation? I didn`t know Western Forest Products was around 150 years ago!

Unfortunately for you Dirtmeister the auditor general disagrees,and so does 90% of BCers

http://www.elc.uvic.ca/press/auditor_general_report.html

Perhaps you need to educate your self Dirtmeister

Pay special attention to "Tree farm licenses"

http://web.viu.ca/vallee//FRST/%20144%20Forest%Tenures%20%20brief.pdf

Talking?

The first paragraph of your link calls the lands private. I did not say Western owned these lands the whole time. Likely many corporations owned them over the years. My guess they is that they were deeded to the CPR originally and were included in the TFL in the 1950's. Maybe 90% of BCers disagree but does does not make me wrong.

Wrong link

Try this one

http://web.viu.ca/vallee/FRST%20144%20Forest%Tenures%20%20brief.pdf

One more time

Getting tired I guess

Try this link

http://web.viu.ca/vallee/FRST%20144%20Forest%20Tenure%20%20brief.pdf

You don`t know what your talking about Dirt

Tree farm licenses were granted to stabilize employment,that way forest companies could log without a threat of other companies pillaging the wood...No other BC Goverment ilegally gave away Tree farm tenures before Campbell

Here is a more explanation of what the purpose of tree farm licenses were for.

The Tenures were good for 25 years

http://www.mission.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=31

Dogwood did you say?

Let me get this straight. An employee of Will Horter's Dogwood Initiative has gone on record, saying "This is great”, in response to an announcement by Carole James.

What is her boss Horter going to say? Is he going to read her the riot act for saying something positive about a woman Horter has sworn to do everything humanly possible to defeat?

TFL Tenures

Someone get their links right. The lands removed are private the crown TFL portion is still crown. The TFL tenure gave the right to manage crown lands with a private portion tied to it so that it would be managed in a industrial forestry regime. On South Vancouver Island this was no longer feasible. Why are you people so ignorant in so many ways?

What the f*#@k?

Carole and the NDP are anti-environment and villified by some supposed renowned (and I suppose political self-serving lackeys, )INDIVIDUALS for opposing the SYMBOLIC Carbon Tax.

But praised for acquiring public forest land?

Perhaps Horter, Suzuki and Berman can create their own political party-the Symbolic Green Wash Party (they can also offer green wash / misdirection consulting and workshops!!!!)

Otherwise stop speaking about how green the Liberals are!

Promises, Promises

Carole is promising every she can to any interest group that will listen. She can afford to because she isn't going to win the election.

dreaming...

Not so fast, Wilfred Laurier, with your arrogant dismissal of trends in BC. Recent polling by more than one firm has unveiled a trend TO the NDP. Robbins SCE and Angus-Reid put this contest as anyones game...if only 2 pts seperate the contenders, then its a toss up.

Hey Wilfred...

...how come you never posted any comment on Sean Hollmann's "Big Four pay big money to BC Liberals". I was really interested in you response/spin on that one. As to Carole promising everything she can, what do you think Gordon''s doing. Hell, every town he visits in the Hurtland he's promising the same stuff he promised in 2001 when he promised not to sell BC Rail. We know how that promised turned out.

Finally....

This is something I can really vote for.

More of the same from the James Gang please!

Heckfire, I figure they've got at least 836 buy-backs of this magnitude before they even get half-way to the number spent on give aways to upper management brokered by their middle man.

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And that's in addition to the White Elephants, only one of which is noted by secret cove above (ie. the ridiculous BC Place Renovations that will cost five times as much as an actual stadium that was recently completed to great acclaim in the Center of the Universe)

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The Squealing has begun

The Great Leftie Squeal has again begun. I am sure you can all convince yourselves of your impending victory (yet again) and blame everybody but yourselves for your loss (yet again) and learning nothing from it (yet again).

Wilfred

That's your response? That's all you can say about the "Big Four Pay Big Money to BC Liberals".?

@Wilfred

NA NA NA NA Na, --Can you understand that?Is that on your level,or should I dumb it down a little bit?

The thread is about buying back land that Gordon Campbell illegaly gave away,the thread isn`t about NA NA NA NA NA.

Sheeeeeshh