Editor:
Just three months have passed and the NDP are already backpedalling on their promises! Last week it was announced that they were cancelling the $1,000 per household grocery rebate citing “four years of unpredictability” from the U.S. and the unknown impacts of “reckless” and “destabilizing” tariffs. How very convenient. Four years of unpredictability were looming when David Eby made his sweeping promises in an effort to be re-elected. Now, more than ever, given all of the uncertainty and tariffs, the people on the Sunshine Coast who voted to keep the NDP on for another four years are in need of that rebate. Undoubtably, it was one of the many promises they were counting on. We are not two of these people, having voted BC Conservative.
Interestingly, the BC Conservatives said they could deliver on this by 2026.
Clearly, they “saw the writing on the wall” and took a realistic approach.
Unfortunately, realistic approaches don’t win votes, empty promises do. Where are the four doctors who were promised? Maybe they’re waiting on one of the 300,000 houses to be built (another promise) or might they require the “Opening Doors to Home Ownership Plan” (another promise) where the NDP are budgeting (spending) 1.29 billion dollars to finance 40 per cent of their home purchase?
Lest you have forgotten, there’s also $500 million coming for expansion of child care spaces, the senior supplement is to increase from $50 to $149 per month and 300 million trees per year will be planted to mitigate climate change.
Perhaps this is an opportune time for the Coast’s MLA, Randene Neill, to address these promises with her constituents which, though not crafted by her, were made by her party and, undoubtedly, helped her win the election.
Geoff White & Carolyn Minchin
Sechelt
