LTA Examiner - Online Information for BC Teachers: Dialogue on the Debt

Some quotes from the former BC Minister of Education George Abbott

In discussing Education in BC

"When I look at the byelection results, clearly dissatisfaction with things like the extraordinarily clumsy way we did the HST would be much more of an issue than the schools issue. I just don't believe for a moment that was the deciding or pivotal issue in terms of the byelection outcomes,"

In discussing the short memory of voters

"I've been in and around politics enough to know that election campaigns can often turn in two weeks, never mind two months, never mind over a year, which is our situation today. The government has plenty of time to work through the issues that it has,"

The Tyee - April 21, 2012

Teachable moment Minister Abbott: The HST vote was in August 2011 and Premier Christy Clark (of the BC Christy Clark Liberals) was sworn into the Legislature over a year ago. - The people of BC have long memories and there is less than a year until the next election. We will be reminding everyone about the chronic underfunding of education and the unconstitutional actions of your government.

Freedom of Information

It is perhaps as an underpinning of democracy that freedom of information is most important. Information held by public authorities is not acquired for the benefit of officials or politicians but for the public as a whole. Unless there are good reasons for withholding such information, everyone should be able to access it. More importantly, freedom of information is a key component of transparent and accountable government. It plays a key role in enabling citizens to see what is going on within government, and in exposing corruption and mismanagement. Open government is also essential if voters are to be able to assess the performance of elected officials and if individuals are to exercise their democratic rights effectively, for example through timely protests against new policies.

Toby Mendel, Head of Law Programme at ARTICLE 19

Friday, November 20, 2009

Dialogue on the Debt - Opening Remarks

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