Ida Chong, BC Liberal MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, come on down!

October 4th, 2010 |

Author: Kim

The (not so) Honourable Member of the Legislative Assembly for the illustrious riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head, and the Minister of Healthy Living and Sport, seems to have achieved a healthy lead in the race to be the first BC Liberal MLA recalled. You may remember Ms. Chong from her disclosure of being THE most expensive MLA to feed (at the taxpayers expense) in BC in the last reporting period. The diminutive MLA, who lives twenty minutes on foot away from work claimed the highest amount for food allowed by MLA’s in BC. Higher than Rich Coleman, who has to be pretty expensive to feed!

According to FightHST organisers,

FIGHT HST RECALL RECRUITMENT DRIVE SIGNS UP OVER 1,500 CANVASSERS IN WEEK ONE OF CONTEST

Oak Bay, Kamloops North and Saanich North lead the pack

Port Coquitlam – Chris Delaney, Lead Organizer for Fight HST, says the contest to recruit canvassers for Recalls in BC got off to a strong start in its first week, as 19 ridings compete to see which will win the right to be among the first three to conduct a Recall under the Fight HST banner after November 15^th 2010…

“This is an even better start for canvassers than we had in the first week of recruiting for the Initiative petition,” said Delaney. “That tells me first that there is a very strong desire for Recall, and second that we are much better organized this time than when we first began the petition against the HST.”

Apparently, all is not happy behind the tweed curtain. (Oak Bay-Gordon Head is some of the priciest real estate on the planet, being Victoria, we refer to it as The Tweed Curtain) Already in one week 151 people have registered to canvass to Recall Ms. Chong.

Coming up second on the list, we have Terry Lake, of Kamloops North, with 118 canvassers signed. Mr. Lake had the misfortune of chairing the Standing Committee for Initiative Legislation. I guess, his constituents weren’t that happy with his decision-making.

And a not too distant third, Minister of Labour, Murray Coell, Saanich North and the Islands with 112 canvassers signed. You may remember Mr. Coell from his gaffe last week at the Union of BC Municipality Convention in Whistler. He caused hearts to flutter all over the Province when he suggested in his speech that it may be time to raise BCs minimum wage, the lowest in the country at $8.00 (BC also has a $6 an hour training wage, to assist businesses in exploiting child labour) The next day he had to beat a hasty retreat on the subject. Sorry workers, you lose!

Contratulations to all the MLAs who made the list, you richly deserve it!