Premier Christy Clark, speaking to a Christian audience earlier this month:
“I really do think the tragedy of our society is actually not there are so many atheists — because atheists often express themselves as generously as non-atheists — it’s the fact people don’t go to a place of worship every week and get reminded anymore of how important it is that we care.”
You know, maybe it wouldn’t be a terrible thing if some British Columbians, especially in leadership positions, could go to a special place more often and get reminded of how important it is that we care. But for that to happen, it would have to be open a little more than 19 full days in nearly a year.
“If what was done to BC Public Service Pensioners is evidence of her ‘caring’ then I would rather she didn’t care for me so much”
I tweeted that and then copied it to my blog. What was done exactly was that while pretending to “preserve the value of your pension” the BC government stopped paying for both Blue Cross and MSP for its pensioners. So while their income did not increase their outgoings certainly did. And for pensioners, healthcare expenses can be steep, so Blue Cross is important – and MSP isn’t voluntary. In fact BC now collects more from MSP than income tax. Sorry to keep bleating on about this but it hurts and it has not seen the light of day in any media so far as I am aware.