A lesson in optics

Yesterday, while killing time downtown, this page spotted BC Teachers Federation President Jinny Sims strolling by, clutching a bright pink shopping bag from Holt Renfrew. This page is not going to take Ms. Sims to task over what she does with her disposable income: a lot of women on the left love a little high-end shopping. In fact, had it not been for Joy McPhail incinerating her credit cards, the NDP may have had absolutely zero visibility in the media up until the last election.

Wasn't it just a couple of weeks ago that Finance Minister Carole Taylor was met with a barrage of indignation from left-leaning pundits for her purchase of a $600 pair of shoes from Holt Renfrew? Those shoes were a punctuation mark to a budget that offered nothing for working families who send their kids to overcrowded classrooms in BC's public schools. To be fair, the location where this page came across Sims was at Sears on Robson, but the BCTF President is best advised to bring her own shopping bag, lest her opponents brand her a pot calling the kettle a bright Holt Refrew pink.