Today's Forecast: More Bullsh*t

If you are planning to buy a new condominium in British Columbia, there is a very strong possibility that the developer is going to lie to you about your future home. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I'm locked into a real estate market that doesn't know the meeting of the word 'sensible' with no recourse.

Having lived in British Columbia for over seven years now, that doesn't come as much of a surprise to this page: nothing gets done in this province without some kind of manipulation, misrepresentation, lie, deceit, or outright assault on the truth. Health Care workers were told by the Leader of the Opposition that he "doesn't believe in tearing up Collective Agreements". Small business owners along Vancouver's Cambie Street were assured that the Canada Line wouldn't disrupt their business because a 'deep boring' tunnelling method would be used. The referendum on the Olympic bid passed because the bid committee promised that social housing would be a priority. Translink repeatedly promises improved bus service while nodding like psychotic bobbleheads at Kevin Falcon's porky megaprojects.

Given that the Real Estate industry bankrolls the NPA and B.C. Liberals, why would a missing closet or low ceiling be any kind of a surprise? These people trade on stabbing people in the back, and it's reflected everyday in the policies of the growth-at-all-costs governments they support at the municipal, federal, and provincial levels. My prediction is that in Vancouver, the lying will finally stop sometime after the rain does.