Campbell's Index

The BC Liberals by the numbers:

25 per cent tax cut enjoyed by wealthy elites
50 per cent increase in MSP Premiums
100 per cent increase in college and university tuition fees
7.5 per cent sales tax for three years
5,000 long-term care beds never delivered
2 NDP MLAs denied Official Opposition status
300 fewer nurses
8,000 health care workers fired
6 dollars an hour minimum wage
0.149 Gordon Campbell’s blood alcohol limit on January 9, 2003
113 schools closed
2112 homeless people in Vancouver in March, 2005
2.3 million dollars in fines returned to fish farms that broke environmental laws
13,000 dollars received by the BC Liberals from charities
9 search warrants executed in Victoria on December 28, 2003
70 million dollars cut from the Ministry of Children and Family Development
900 year lease granted to CN for BC Rail
2.6 average per cent GDP for most of their four years in power*,
3.1 average per cent GDP while the NDP was in power**
1600 CUPE 2950 members legislated back to work in 2003
0 BC Liberal candidates appearing at candidates forums
2.19 million dollars in corporate donations
2 married senior citizens forced to live apart because of cuts to long-term care
11 days until the polls open

*Auditor-General
**Premier’s Fiscal Review Panel