Now that she is leader of the B.C. Liberals, Christy Clark is trying to run from the Campbell regime’s record. But Christy Clark can’t escape the fact that she was a key Campbell loyalist in the devastating first B.C. Liberal term who is parroting the same broken promises she first proposed in 2001. And as she has shown with her tenuous grasp on the issues that matter, Christy Clark just can’t be trusted to bring the type of change that British Columbians are clamouring for.

• Ready, fire, aim. Whether it is her HST flip-flop or her proposal to tie health care spending to GDP, which would mean $750 million in cutbacks to patient care, British Columbians just can’t afford what Kevin Falcon has called Christy Clark’s “‘ready, fire, aim’ approach”.

• Reckless. George Abbott put it best when he said, “More and more, it's abundantly clear that Ms. Clark's positions are simply not credible, and it shows that she has no real plan for our province, our economy or our families. On these significant issues, the public wants certainty and clarity, not more double-speak and misdirection” (press release, Feb. 2, 2011).

• Flashback to Campbell, 2001. Along with associate Patrick Kinsella, Christy Clark was one of the two co-authors of the B.C. Liberals’ 2001 ‘New Era’ election platform. And now the same backroom operatives who brought you the extreme B.C. Liberal agenda in 2001 want to bring you Christy Clark, including such infamous figures as Patrick Kinsella and Mike Macdonald. It sounds more like a broken record of broken promises than real change for B.C.

• Lingering B.C. Rail questions. Christy Clark continues to refuse to support growing calls for a public inquiry into the B.C. Rail corruption scandal. British Columbians have every right to wonder why she doesn’t want the public to get to the bottom of B.C. Rail.

• Good for kids? Hardly. One of the most confrontational ministers in Gordon Campbell’s cabinet, as Minister of Education Christy Clark picked fights with teachers and forced through changes to the school funding formula that have led to the closure of over 100 schools.

• Two-faced. When she launched her leadership bid, Christy Clark made the nonsensical proposal to cancel the HST referendum. Weeks later, she pulled an about-face. As fellow Liberal George Abbott said, “Her latest flip-flop on the HST once again proves she has no credible plan to lead the province or our economy” (Globe and Mail, Feb. 3, 2011).

• Superficial. As fellow Liberal Kevin Falcon said, “Glib, off-the-cuff comments might make for good ratings on a talk show, but if you want to be leader of our party and premier of our province you have to know that your words have power” (press release, Feb. 1, 2011).

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