Re: Clark may ignore polls but can't ignore voters, Our View, The Record, Feb. 3.
Notice that the total of the B.C. Liberal and the B.C. Conservative combined percentage is still higher than the NDP total.
Polls in Manitoba and Ontario showed for a year before the provincial elections in October of 2011, both incumbent governments were headed for defeat at the election and the official opposition parties were to form government.
On voting day, both incumbent governments were returned to government. A huge turnaround by the taxpayers. Presently the coalition parties have to do their homework to avoid splitting the vote, because if united, the NDP will once again form the official opposition party in B.C. after the next election.
If by chance the B.C. taxpayers do want an NDP government, they have to remember this. When Glen Clark was premier, he had to have all cabinet decisions approved by Ken Georgetti, and if the taxpayers want Adrian Dix as premier, he will have to have all cabinet decisions approved by Jim Sinclair.
Also, Adrian Dix wants to raise the corporation taxes, which means unemployment, so any taxpayer working for a corporation who wants Adrian Dix as their premier, in return they will have to line up at their local EI office to file a claim for employment insurance.
Jim Sinclair does not create jobs, private corporations do. Raise taxes, and layoff of staff takes effect. No problem for Jim, though, his paycheques keep coming regardless.
Just common sense!
Joe Sawchuk, Duncan
