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REALITY CHECK | How Much Are The NDP Willing To Spend?

"CBC's Reality Check team decided to add up the numbers ourselves and figure that out." From CBC: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/26/bc-election-spending-ndp_n_3167064.html

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Carbon Tax Question To Sterk

Sterk: We think that acting on climate change is critically important. We're doing exactly what the economists and environmentalists say we should do if we want to get our emissions under control. We...

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To Dix: We've Heard Nothing From NDP About Debt Plans. When Will You Balance...

Dix: I think balancing the budget is a high priority. (Well that's good to know!) NDP will return corporate tax levels to 2008 levels, they will reinstate a minimum tax on the big banks, ensure the LNG...

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Gripping TV (TWEET)

@ VIAwesome : Are there commercial breaks in the #bcdebate2013? Gripping TV so far. Seriously!

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How Will Clark Balance The Budget?

Clark: The only way to a debt free BC is by controlling government spending. Compare that to the out of control spending the NDP is doing, it will mean we are likely never able to balance the budget....

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When Will Dix Balance The Budget? (TWEET)

@ nspector4 : Dix not exactly saying *when* he'd balance the budget #bcpoli

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Sterk To Clark: Renewable Company Can't Get Project Approved. Why Is Gov't...

Clark: Not every project passes its reviews. We are working hard at getting to yes on development projects. If the answer is "no" to every economic development project out there, we won't get jobs....

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Dix To Clark: B.C. Has Lost Private Sector Jobs. Why?

Clark: Since we introduced the BC Jobs Plan, BC has gained 32,000 net new jobs. The contrast between you and I is that I believe in growing the economy, you believe in growing in government. Dix: The...

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Clark To Dix: You Support LNG, Your Candidates Support A Moratorium. What Gives?

Dix: What the premier's saying is not true and the premier knows it. I support LNG, I support the skills training that we will need to get at natural gas, so everyone can benefit. In Australia, a...

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On The Debate Format (TWEET)

@ DustinJMGriffin : Already disappointed in the #bcdebate2013 Those aren't questions, their talking points. Why have a moderator?

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Clark's Response

Clark: You support LNG, but not the means to get it. Dix: The industry welcomes a review, and so do I. (Note: that was a CHIPPY exchange.)

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Cummins: We're Slacking On Exports, What Gives?

Cummins: The average family in B.C. pays more in taxes, fees and surcharges than any family west of Quebec. Our unemployment is high, people keep leaving B.C. looking for work elsewhere. B.C. is in a...

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Peter And Paul (TWEET)

@ dbeger14 : Who are Peter and Paul and why is everyone picking on them, what about the residents of BC. #BCPoli #bcdebate2013 #wethepeople

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Clark And Dix, Pre-Debate (PHOTO)

Things have gotten a little frostier since this photo was taken. (Photo credit: The Canadian Press)

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Is Clark Prepared To Risk An Oil Spill?

Clark: My position is clear. If any one of my five conditions is not met, there can be no expansion of pipeline infrastructure through British Columbia.

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Cummins Position On The Environment

Cummins: The carbon tax has done nothing to reduce or eliminate B.C.'s carbon footprint. It has increased the cost of any goods you have to transport. It's just been an abject failure. I'm probably the...

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To Sterk: What Industry DOES Your Party Support?

Clean tech powerhouse in terms of renewable energy, geothermal potential. Geothermal can be produced for as little as we produce our hydro energy. Wind companies are leaving B.C. because they can't get...

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SNL Sketch? (TWEET)

@ CThorne_GHLCCW : Political debate or an SNL Sketch? Im waiting for John Cummins to actually smile and say Live from New York its Saturday Night #bcdebate2013

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Does Cummins Believe In Climate Change?

The carbon tax is an abject failure. Commuters that go into Vancouver from south of Vancouver have to pay the price on the fuel they burn in their cars. Those kinds of projets may work in the city but...

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Dix: Clark's Unclear Position

Dix: The premier has debt free on the side of her bus, balanced budgets, and she's run a deficit, a jobs plan that could have been used for other priorities, they say they're for reducing taxes, except...

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A Better Debate? (TWEET)

@ tomhawthorn : I'd rather watch a debate with Harry Lali, Kevin Krueger and Mischa Popoff. #bcpoli

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Sterk To Clark: Asks About The Site C Project

Clark: I always know where you stand on the things you believe in. I believe we need Site C, if we want to continue to grow our economy, we have to make sure we continue to invest in growing the...

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Sterk Hammers On Site C

Sterk: You just admitted Site C is to generate power for the LNG industry, not for British Columbians. Clark: There hasn't been a chance for B.C. like we have right now with the LNG industry.

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Get Off Cummins' Lawn! (TWEET)

@ davidakin : Hey, it's a vote-winner! :) RT @kinsellawarren: HEY YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN #JohnCumminsTalkingPoints #BCpoli

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It's A Trap! (TWEET)

John Cummins, or Admiral Akbar from Star Wars? (Photo credit: Canadian Press)

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To Cummins: Are You An Enemy Of Aboriginal Rights?

Cummins: No. The courts have been clear, from the Delgamu'ukw decision, and others, that have made clear the terms for establishing aboriginal title in British Columbia. If title does exist, where does...

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Do Cummins And Sterk Know The Other Exists? (TWEET)

@ ItsRyanClayton : Serious question, do Cummins and Sterk know the other exist? #BCdebate13 #bcpoli

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Crocs (TWEET)

@ drex : Sterk is totally wearing crocs. #bcdebate2013 #bcpoli

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Clark To Cummins: How Is It Possible You Could Have Accepted Some Of Your...

Cummins: We did do due diligence, we had a detailed questionnaire, we did criminal record checks, credit checks, social media checks. Our volunteers found nothing. THe difference between the B.C....

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A GOOGLE Debate? (TWEET)

@ rabble : just setting up my twttr

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What About Bing? (TWEET)

@ jdkvcr : I feel bad for Microsoft that none of the leaders are even bothering to try Bing #bcpoli

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Dix To Sterk: What Are Your Ideas For Improving Our Public Health Care System?

Sterk: Many are similar to what you believe. We would use multidisciplinary teams and community based centres. We would use our doctors for the expertise they provide for the families. That's a...

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Maverick!

Cummins; I encourage our candidates to be mavericks. If there's a policy difference, and the party's policy differs from the needs and wants of the MLA's constituents, then he is free to express the...

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To Dix: How Can British Columbians Be Sure They Can Trust You To Be Honest...

Dix: I made a serious mistake. No one else owns the mistake, I own the mistake. SInce then, I became exec. director of an organization that promoted education across B.C., since then I've been elected...

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Some Important Context On Mavericks

Mel Gibson. As Maverick. Just because. (Photo credit: Alamy)

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Dix Awaits A Tough Question

Adrian Dix awaits a difficult question about his activities while serving as chief of staff to former premier Glen Clark. (Photo credit: The Canadian Press)

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Proportional Representation

Sterk: I think people are turned off by what they see in the legislature, part of that is we see this concentration of power in the hands of the leader. But if you as leader disagreed with a member,...

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Dix To Clark: What Rating Agency Has Confirmed That You're Running A Balanced...

Clark: The ratings agencies believe we are on the right fiscal track. It means we can get us on a path to a debt-free British Columbia. We're going to keep controlling spending. We are very different....

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Dix To Clark: You've Promised $3 Billion In New Spending, How Will You Pay...

Dix: What needs to change is just this sort of thing, the premier has been saying this every day, independent observers checked it, every penny in our platform is costed and paid for. Bringing in the...

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Fact Free Campaign (TWEET)

@ nutgraf1 : "Not a good idea to run a fact-free campaign," Dix to Clark. #bcpoli

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Leaders' Heroes

Sterk: Flora MacDonald. Adrian Dix: Tommy Douglas Christy Clark: Lester B. Pearson John Cummins: W.A.C. Bennett

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Marijuana: Decriminalize It?

Dix: I support the decriminalization of marijuana. Clark: We need to focus on growing the economy. I think we should be talking about the things that we can do. Cummins: It's a federal issue, what...

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Would You Reintroduce Photo Radar?

(Context: The B.C. Liberals got rid of photo radar in 2001.) Cummins: No. I would find it on roads where there was little to no traffic on weekends. Clark: No. The NDP brought it in, it was a tax grab...

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John Cummins Closing Statement

Both parties are cut out of the same cloth, I think it's time for a new approach. A vote for the B.C. Conservatives is a vote for a new kind of government. My wife and I will get back in our pickup...

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Jane Sterk Closing Statement

If you want real change, vote Green. When you vote Green, you're saying people and the places they live should be the heart of strong, local economies. You're saying government services should be...

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Christy Clark Closing Statement

I am asking for your vote. And I am asking for your vote because I believe in what we can achieve together to build a brighter future for our kids. There is a lot at stake. There's a lot of risk when...

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Adrian Dix Closing Statement

Do we want change for the better, or more of the same? The premier talks about big government, but what we will be inheriting is big debt and big job losses. Change for the better means ensuring...

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THAT'S A WRAP!

No one is happier to go home tonight than these four! (Photo credit: The Canadian Press)

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How John Cummins Is Rolling Home

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Twitter Exceeds Expectations (TWEET)

@ jameskwantes : Again, Twitter's performance exceeds expectations, politicians disappoint #bcpoli #bcdebate2013

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