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[Sparky]

Christy way out in front over NDP 1/3 the polls reported. She has 60% of the vote.

[jklymak]

Apologies if someone else noted this somewhere, but I didn't see it.   This should be a huge scandal.

 

http://www.theglobea...rticle29780527/

[lanforod]

I don't get it. Don't all the party leaders get this?

[jklymak]

I don't get it. Don't all the party leaders get this?

 

Did you read the article?  Only Saskatchewan allows "stipends" to party leaders.  

Edited by jklymak, 29 April 2016 - 10:24 AM.

[Nparker]

This should be a huge scandal.

 

http://www.theglobea...rticle29780527/

It should be, but I think everyone hopes it will blow over.

[Rob Randall]

Clark earlier referred to the $50,000 annual stipend as a "car allowance".

It's worth noting that for the duration of BC Premier Bill Bennett's almost ten years in power he drove the same '72 Chevy issued to his predecessor Dave Barrett.

[lanforod]

Did you read the article?  Only Saskatchewan allows "stipends" to party leaders.  

 

Sorry, I meant to say, in BC. I read somewhere that Carole James got a stipend as well. Does Adrian Dix?

[jklymak]

^ Oh maybe.  That'd be a scandal as well.  This is just like handing your MP an envelope of cash, and should be stopped immediately.  

[LJ]

Scandal....hardly.

If the Liberal party sees her a valued leader of the party and want to pay her more to stay on, I am ok with that.

[sdwright.vic]

Sorry disagree. When I am paying your salary, and you are a public servant I get to question the other places you make money.

If Enbridge started giving her a stipend how would that make you feel?

[Greg]

Scandal....hardly.

If the Liberal party sees her a valued leader of the party and want to pay her more to stay on, I am ok with that.

 

 

Sorry disagree. When I am paying your salary, and you are a public servant I get to question the other places you make money.

If Enbridge started giving her a stipend how would that make you feel?

 

I think there is room for both of you to be right. She is a public servant, so it is completely fair to question other sources of income. But that doesn't translate to all forms of income being inappropriate. Certainly money can buy influence, but I think it is reasonable to assume Clark is already doing the Liberal party's bidding, so not sure what influence is being inappropriately purchased there.

[sdwright.vic]

But how is the Liberal party getting this money to funnel to her?

We have no idea if the money was given to the Liberal part with strings.

Edited by sdwright.vic, 30 April 2016 - 02:17 PM.

[LJ]

sdwright.vic, on 30 Apr 2016 - 12:55 PM, said:

But how is the Liberal party getting this money to funnel to her?

We have no idea if the money was given to the Liberal part with strings.

I'm just spitballing here, but I'm thinking you don't donate to the Liberal party.

When you donate they don't give you the opportunity to say how you would like them to spend the money. The money CC receives does not come from 1 donor, it comes from donations made to the Liberal party.

[todd]

 

Did you read the article?  Only Saskatchewan allows "stipends" to party leaders.  

 

http://www.theglobea...rticle29780527/

 

Just finished possibly my last meal at the Bengal lounge, the BC Liberals happened to be having a dinner in the Victoria conference center, they were all pre-drinking at the Bengal, never heard so much forced laughter.

 

The buffet was more than excellent.

 

Edit: Guess not closing until April 30 probably get a couple meals in before than.

 

 

That's why the laughter was so fake, if somebody is paying that much to have dinner with you have to laugh.

 

I even got to talk to some BC Liberals free of charge(against my will of course).

Edited by todd, 30 April 2016 - 07:17 PM.

[sdwright.vic]

[quote name="LJ" post="313200" timestamp="1462070570"]
I'm just spitballing here, but I'm thinking you don't donate to the Liberal party.
/quote]

Prefer to keep my charitable giving to non-profits that I have studied to insure the most of dollars given make it to the actual purpose.

[VicHockeyFan]

Tight race here tonight.  Watts and Lee.  Stone, de Jong and Sullivan out.  Wilkinson might have peaked now.

 

 

https://bc.ctvnews.c...allot-1.3788371

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 03 February 2018 - 07:15 PM.

[VicHockeyFan]

Check that.  Wilkinson wins.

[Sparky]

I was rooting for Watts.

[VicHockeyFan]

I think Lee might have been best.

[LJ]

I was hoping for Watts.