Carole James Shares NDP Logic
Considering beer is $28/dozen, and I have to take out a small loan to buy scotch, I’m not sure how NDP left-wing logic explains how raising wholesale prices won’t mean we’ll pay more… Carole James is a gift to Gordon Campbell… she should change her name to Carole Dion.
VANCOUVER — A New Democratic Party commitment to raise wholesale prices charged to private liquor vendors doesn’t necessarily mean higher booze prices, Leader Carole James said yesterday while campaigning in on Commercial Drive in Vancouver.
James said there has to be a level playing field for the government liquor stores and the hundreds of private liquor stores opened in B.C. after the Liberals allowed them into the market. The Liberal government recently reduced the wholesale prices charged to private vendors and an NDP campaign promise is to raise it to match the public store cost, about six per cent.
“It’s up to them as businesses whether they pass that cost on,” she said. “It was the government that gave the private stores a break, gave a gift to them and said we’re going to let you buy liquor cheaper than the public liquor stores do.”
She said people will still be able to buy at the same price in public or private stores, “unless the owners decide to hike up prices.”
So, those nasty private liquor store owners will decide if we get screwed again… for some reason they pay their staff 1/2 that of a government liquor employee, and they are still more expensive. Maybe Carole could look into why this is? And why we get taxed twice if we have a drink at a restaurant?
Find me a party that promises to lower beer prices, privatize the government liquor stores (and auto insurance), get rid of the fraudulent carbon tax – generally move BC into the 1990′s – and they get my vote.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:56 pm
“Find me a party that promises to lower beer prices, privatize the government liquor stores (and auto insurance), get rid of the fraudulent carbon tax – generally move BC into the 1990’s – and they get my vote.”
I don’t even live in BC but I’d move there in a minute just to vote for such a party.
NeilD
May 1st, 2009 at 9:06 pm
called the bc conservatives check them out
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 am
Well, that does it! BCers watching the Canucks win tomorrow (we hope) will be talking about this, for sure, so whatever she said will be spun as NDP = higher beer prices. How stupid! Obviously, this woman is out-of-touch with the real BCers, and I do not even drink beer!
This was such a gift to the Fibrils. The faithful will be breaking out the Kokanee ce soir, in lieu of attending the Coronation, unless they have gone there to lurk! Liberal liquor prices went up April 1, so this is a very sensitive issue, as everyone hates all of our B.C. politicians. The pox on all!