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Premier resigns, mine project blocked - UPDATED
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November 3, 2010
HST: premier’s Achilles heel?
In his resignation speech hours ago, out-going B.C. premier Gordon Campbell hinted strongly that the controversy over the HST overshadowed his government’s good works and forced him to resign. Business administration expert Lindsay Meredith says: “The HST killed Campbell’s premiership. The B.C. Liberals have beheaded their villain but the new leader will still have to figure out how to deal with the HST mess.” SFU public policy experts Doug McArthur and Jon Kesselman have been heavily involved in the HST debate and can comment on its impact on Campbell’s fate.
Lindsay Meredith, 778.782.2254, 604.842.6007 (cell), meredith@sfu.ca
Jon Kesselman, 778.782.5035, kesselman@sfu.ca
Doug McArthur, (available by phone/email) 011-44-740-587-2452 (UK cell number), doug.mcarthur@sfu.ca
Thumbs up for mining project collapse
Two SFU experts say that the federal government was right to block the Taseko Mines Ltd. Project in B.C.’s Chilcotin region. Marvin Shaffer, an SFU adjunct professor in public policy, who authored an economic consultant’s report on the project, says: “The project was going to have a significant environmental impact. There was no evidence that the economic benefits would outweigh the adverse impact on B.C. Hydro.” Doug McArthur, also an SFU public policy analyst, adds: “The company also failed to get agreement with the affected First Nations groups and you can’t any longer destroy a lake to create a mine.”
Marvin Shaffer (in Mexico), 011-52-613-1351315, msa50@shaw.ca
Doug McArthur (in London), 011-44-207-226-7992; 011-44-740-587-2452 (cell)
In his resignation speech hours ago, out-going B.C. premier Gordon Campbell hinted strongly that the controversy over the HST overshadowed his government’s good works and forced him to resign. Business administration expert Lindsay Meredith says: “The HST killed Campbell’s premiership. The B.C. Liberals have beheaded their villain but the new leader will still have to figure out how to deal with the HST mess.” SFU public policy experts Doug McArthur and Jon Kesselman have been heavily involved in the HST debate and can comment on its impact on Campbell’s fate.
Lindsay Meredith, 778.782.2254, 604.842.6007 (cell), meredith@sfu.ca
Jon Kesselman, 778.782.5035, kesselman@sfu.ca
Doug McArthur, (available by phone/email) 011-44-740-587-2452 (UK cell number), doug.mcarthur@sfu.ca
Thumbs up for mining project collapse
Two SFU experts say that the federal government was right to block the Taseko Mines Ltd. Project in B.C.’s Chilcotin region. Marvin Shaffer, an SFU adjunct professor in public policy, who authored an economic consultant’s report on the project, says: “The project was going to have a significant environmental impact. There was no evidence that the economic benefits would outweigh the adverse impact on B.C. Hydro.” Doug McArthur, also an SFU public policy analyst, adds: “The company also failed to get agreement with the affected First Nations groups and you can’t any longer destroy a lake to create a mine.”
Marvin Shaffer (in Mexico), 011-52-613-1351315, msa50@shaw.ca
Doug McArthur (in London), 011-44-207-226-7992; 011-44-740-587-2452 (cell)