Re: "Falcon goes, Clark plans new cabinet," Aug. 30.
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon resigns and the B.C. media start the propaganda that he is leaving because the B.C. Liberal government is a sinking ship.
They forget to mention that Graham Steele, the NDP finance minister in Nova Scotia and an icon, resigned in the third year of his government's mandate. Bill Estabrooks, the Nova Scotia NDP minister of transportation, a five-term MLA, also resigned because of advanced Parkinson's disease.
The premier does not blow a gasket, just has a cabinet shuffle and life goes on. Here in B.C., the media are saying that it is time for a change of government because the B.C. Liberals have been in government for 11 years. They don't mention that it is OK for Alberta to the Conservatives in government for 41 years, the NDP in Manitoba for 13 years, the Liberals in Ontario for 10 years, the Liberals in Quebec for nine years and the Conservatives in Newfoundland and Labrador for nine years. How come it is always OK in other Canadian provinces but never OK in B.C.?
Joe Sawchuk
Duncan
