The Secrets Of Vancouver BC, Canada

The HST Referendum Results Are In – Deception Comes Home To Roost

% of valid votes voting Yes (Scrap it) 54.73%

% of valid votes voting No (Keep it) 45.27%

Today is the day when our votes on HST are tabulated.. and judging by the timing of the results, now the fun starts.

They tried the deceptive “yes mean no” trick question, hoping that the average BC resident is too dumb to read.

They diverted tax dollars to the “for HST” cause.

Business groups spent considerable money on the “for HST”. There costs have been cut, and we may see the savings someday. (We know better.)

Now, BC residents – the silent majority – have spoken.

Political deception – or standard political operating procedure – has been given a blow. Lying to get elected has a price.

The great thing to see is that even though we have been lectured that it will cost us big time to repeal this swindle, people decided to no reward the politicians for duping us. We are willing to accept the consequences, even though it should have never happened. Gordon Campbell’s big lie has cost us a few billion.

If they really wanted to save the HST, they would have dropped it pre-referendum. Not a year from now. We didn’t fall for this.

BC residents are now paying a huge price for the deception. Politicians will have their day soon enough.

What is really obvious is that the rich were apathetic and voted to keep it, the poor hated it and voted strongly to go back to the old system.

Thanks Gordon… you F’d BC.

photo credit: Jeff_Werner

Vancouver Hates The Bus

In Vancouver, they really, really want us to take the bus.

Although in downtown Vancouver about 40 per cent of commuter trips are by transit; in Surrey, the number is less than five per cent. Step outside of our perpetually gridlocked downtown, where you have a choice, and no one uses the bus.

Translink has the authority to tax us, and boy, do they use it (1.3 Billion last year):

Parking: As of July 1, 2010, the responsibility for the Parking Tax payable at commercial parking lots within Metro Vancouver was transferred from the Social Service Tax Act to the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act and administration of the tax has been transferred to TransLink.

Property Tax: They levy a fee to pay for transit. They blend this in with a road tax to lessen the pain.

Transportation Improvement Fee: A fee on all cars.

Gas Tax: Drivers are forced to pay a tax on gas to Translink, making our gas prices among the highest in Canada.

Carbon Tax – they are still negotiating their cut.

New: Tolls. As they replace our bridges, they get to add tolls.

Government transfers.

Actual transit fees pay less than 50% of their costs to run the system.

Now, as the geniuses at TransLink are finding out, we actually hate this form of transit despite being forced to pay exorbitant taxes to support it. Statistics Canada reported, in their 2010 General Social Survey, that the average Vancouver car commute was 25 minutes, 23 minutes shorter than the average transit commute of 48 minutes.

“Slightly less than half (47 per cent) of those who had tried public transit felt that it was a convenient way to get to work” reads the report. Yet 85 per cent of Canadians surveyed who commute by car say they’ve never tried public transit before.

Despite our social engineers doing everything possible to slow traffic to a crawl (quick, find a freeway in Vancouver – we have none),  we have a choice, for now.

Ride in a crammed bus, with the addicts they let on for free, or in the comfort of your car. In a move to get the freeloaders off the system, they are finally adding fare gates at on the skytrain so that you now need to pay to ride. This will set off a series of protests.

Keep in mind that housing requires 92% of the average income to own a home. Soon we’ll all be renters, forced to take the bus.

Social engineering does work.

Jack Layton Passes Away

Mr. Layton died “peacefully at his home,” according to a statement issued by his wife and children Monday. Jack was suffering from cancer.

Although Jack was on the opposite side of the fence from me, he was a true Canadian and wanted the best for his country. He brought passion to the debate and will be remembered for ridding Canada from the Bloc.

The NDP has lost one of their best leaders. RIP Jack.

What to do when it all goes wrong…

It started out innocently enough. They asked. The people spoke. Overwhelmingly negative.

So, if you’re the CBC, what do you do?

Add a little bit of “CBC Journalistic license”.

Original story:

My CBC is… : Tell us what the CBC means to you

One of the nicer comments:

It is reassuring to see from the comments and the votes here that I am not the only Canadian who is disgusted by the $1.4 billion annual taxpayer subsidy that is provided to this crown corporation.

I have never felt that this channel represented my views of Canada and what being a Canadian is. It represents politically motivated and manufactured views which often make me feel sick to my stomach and ashamed to be a Canadian.

When you combine the horrible expense and the propaganda elements that consistently and deliberately try to undermine my own noble beliefs, I would wholeheartedly support the sale or dismantling of this entity.

The 6% of Canadians who actually watch this channel on a regular basis should be asked to fork over the annual $1.4 Billion themselves and support their own propaganda and freedom of speech. However, it is grossly unfair that I am being forced to fund their political messages and low quality programming in such a massive way.

There are over 300 comments – 90% negative. Small Dead Animals helped get the conversation going.

The subsequent follow up to get ahead of the anger and try to reshape the conversation, and validating the above comment:

Spotted: Your heartfelt remarks about CBC’s upcoming anniversary

“It has wonderful (radio) morning wake up shows, provocative, thought-provoking afternoon shows, a TV line up that proudly says …”We are Canadian”, as evidenced by sane political broadcasts, HNIC and great investigative journalism. However, my favourite aspect of CBC is the website. It is my homepage and the first place I look for news and sports. As snowbirds and retired, we love the fact that CBC keeps my wife and I firmly rooted in Canada as we travel the southern US for five months in the winter. Do not change a thing…….CBC is Canada….eh?”

We can’t thank you enough for sharing your comments on this particular story. Your feedback has been tremendous, and look forward to reading more of your comments in the coming days!

If you ever needed proof of what an atrocity the CBC has become, this is it. End the bleeding now. Why we are being taxed to the tune of 1 billion plus for this train wreck speaks volumes.

Let’s make the 75th Anniversary their last. Speak up.

Adding Insult to Injury

Or, don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Today the chased-from-office BC Premier, Gordon Campbell, was given a gift of a position in the UK… Can’t help wonder how he got this. Maybe there is someone that is benefiting by HST.

The Harper government formally announced his appointment as the new high commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland today.

The man who gifted us with carbon tax, then HST, and elected by outright deception, now gets to flee the scene of the crime and get rewarded handsomely. Here’s hoping he gets stationed near an area of unrest.

In much better news today, it’s confirmed that we are finally rid of the Bacon brothers.

August 2005: Jonathan Bacon and two others are charged with 15 counts of drugs and weapons offences after police found a cache of automatic weapons, silencers, a bulletproof vest and a police uniform, as well as marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and more than $90,000 in cash.

February 2007 – Gangster Jonathan Bacon delivered 114 sticks of stolen dynamite, a grenade, seven handguns, two shotguns, a rifle and an Uzi submachinegun to police as part of a plea bargain for an associate.

June 2008: Provincial court dismisses drug and weapons charges against Jonathan Bacon after agreeing his charter rights were violated.

Nov. 18, 2010: Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear Jonathan Bacon’s argument that his charter rights were violated when he was charged with the 2005 drugs and weapons offences.

August 2010: The gangster justice system in Kelowna executes Jonathon Bacon…  and saves the courts the work they should have done years ago.

BC is getting better all the time.

How Things Change When You Are The Victim

Vancouver has been especially vocal when it comes to toughening up our court and justice system… ask Stephen Harper.

The belief is that because crime is on a downward trend, we do not need to change anything… forgetting that here in Vancouver we have our own form of justice. Ask the Bacon brothers, or anyone with a family member gunned down in the mob wars.

After game 7 of the Stanly Cup, we discovered the power of Facebook and the web when it comes to catching the rioters. Their acts are clearly on display, captured for all time. The evidence seems overwhelming.

So how many have been charged to date? NONE.

In London, where it is even more lenient, they have charged hundreds so far, and the riot is still going on. Using the same evidence as we have.

There have been more than 1,700 arrests, with some rioters already convicted and serving jail time.

Here in B.C., police have to recommend charges to the Crown, who then reviews the evidence and must decide whether a charge is in the public interest and if there is a substantial likelihood of conviction.

The only two people have been charged have been charged for an assault that took place during the riot: Edgar Ricardo Garcia, 20, has been charged with aggravated assault and will next appear in court Aug. 19; Joshua Lyle Evans, 27, was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon and will appear in court Sept. 27.

Sad day for Canada’s justice system… and Vancouver is doing all to show just how bad it sucks.

photo credit: Mark Donovan Vancouver

Thanks To Vancouver Real Estate Prices, Our Main Export Is Moving South

photo credit: eggrole

Thanks to ridiculously high real estate prices, our growers are looking south for cheaper grow op digs…

“Some VOC [Vietnamese Organized Crime] groups have moved their marijuana grow operations to the United States where the lower cost of real estate (in some regions) allows them to operate a more profitable enterprise and where they can also avoid police/customs detection at the border,” states the RCMP report.

The report, obtained by The Sun through the Access to Information Act, also argues that the “softening of marijuana laws” in some states has made the U.S. a more attractive destination for growers than it once was.

For more than a decade Canada has been home to a multibillion-dollar marijuana-growing industry, the bulk of whose product has been shipped to the U.S. Read more here:

Good news/bad news. Since the Spring 2009, the average single family home price in Vancouver is up 39%, or 1.4% per month of nominal price appreciation.

The average house now costs 11 times average household income, double that of anywhere else in Canada.

I just can’t help but think this may end badly.

Buy gold, or buy a home in Vancouver? what to do?

Obama Blames

A video Obama voters understand from Jamie Foxx.. closing in on 5 million views.

Search the term Obama Blames and you’ll see 1800 results and growing…

Gold has his $1700 and rising, markets getting crushed. And the leader of it all looks for someone to blame. Very presidential. Lord help us.

President Obama Blames You for High Gas Prices
Obama Blames Everything Else For His Failed Policies
President Obama blames Bush
Obama Blames Europe, Japan for US Economic Woes
Obama Blames ATMs for High Unemployment<
Obama Blames Congress For Jobs
OBAMA BLAMES ‘DEMOCRACY’ FOR HIS FAILURES
Obama blames Republicans on debt

On August 2nd, I may have more money than the US Government

July 29th: Apple: $75.876 Billion. U.S. Government: $73.768 Billion. Apple was on the verge of doom 15 years ago. it will take 15 years for the US government to recover from the Obama reign…

July 30th: Microsoft’s Bill Gates’ $56 billion personal worth is currently greater than the amount of cash in the U.S. Treasury.

July 31st: Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, $45 billion net worth passes the US government.

August 1st: Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison $27 billion outdoes the US.

August 2nd: I may join the club… along with everyone else. Thanks Obama.