Letters

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon sure sounds easy-going. The union representing most of the civil service just voted 82 per cent to strike, you say? "Entirely appropriate," was his serene response Tuesday.

What is Premier Christy Clark's government all about? People make their judgments based on their personal impressions of the woman or on the policy announcements she makes.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman owes British Columbians a clear explanation for why the government paid $30 million to compensate a company for a cancelled uranium mining claim. So far, he has refused to provide one.

Independent MLA John van Dongen on Monday poked another stick into the B.C. Rail snakepit.

The Ministry of Transportation noted in passing the other day that it has spent more than $548 million on Vancouver Island in the last decade. It was the third-to-last line of a news release announcing - wait for it - $1.

Some economic disasters, like a wildfire that destroys a community or the collapse of a major export market, naturally catch governments flatfooted.

There's a lot more emphasis on the question of safety at the problem-plagued Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre, following the latest legal move. The Crown corporation that's involved in the dispute - B.C. Pavilion Corp.

The backbench isn't far enough back for Harry Bloy. The B.C. legislature - and all of British Columbia - would be better served by his absence from provincial politics.

It's not that the B.C. Liberals are always attacking NDP leader Adrian Dix. It's that they are so fantastically bad at it. Going negative and smearing your opponent is the easiest thing in the world for most politicians.

"Premier unveils new transportation strategy to expand trade and create jobs," ran the headline on Premier Christy Clark's Monday news release.