To the editor:
The B.C. Liberal Party has given up any right to being fiscally responsible, and with the province’s debt now approaching the $60-billion mark, it has shown itself to be no more fiscally responsible than the NDP government of the ‘90s.
In doubling the debt, the B.C. Liberals are holding future generations to ransom to pay this debt and today's taxpayers responsible for debt payments of $8 million a day. We have become the government's co-signer to the foreign and domestic bondholders, who of course will want to be paid back.
The B.C. Liberals have also declared themselves the coalition of the responsible, meaning they are the “only” choice between the NDP socialist left and the right-wing, heartless and uncaring side of politics, which I suppose they assume are the BC Conservatives. However, the following BC Conservatives beliefs seem reasonable to me:
• Government needs to be open and accountable.
• Citizens need to know what it costs to run government, and be a part of the decision-making process.
• We need to create good jobs people can raise their families on and ensure we protect the environment.
• MLAs must be accountable to the people who have elected them.
• Our education system should allow parents to have input into decisions that affect their children.
• Government should be responsive to the needs of our neighbours, family and friends who require a hand up from difficulties of life.
Can the B.C. Liberals claim to be reasonable, though, as they send us into ever increasing debt, cause more and more concern with parents who wonder if their neighbourhood school will be the next to close, as patient care deteriorates and families find it harder and harder to have a family doctor, and as they put on a phony green cloak of environmentalism while cashing in on the carbon tax.
Across the province, BC Conservatives are building a grassroots party with constituency associations everywhere, are being recognized by the party, and beginning the approval process to be recognized by Elections BC.
Alan Forseth
Kamloops
