Broken Promises All Over The Place

The British Columbia Liberal government made many promises before they were elected in May, 2001. Having spent the previous 9 years in Opposition, where they repeatedly called the then NDP government to task for their many broken promises and 'undemocratic' practices, they told us that, if we put our trust in them, they were going to do it differently. They then went on to create a record of broken promises for things they said they would do but didn't and things they said they wouldn't do but then went ahead and did anyway. Just this morning, the television news was telling us about a big, new casino which just opened in downtown Vancouver, a significant "expansion" of gambling in the Lower Mainland. All this after similar expansions in Richmond, Langley and Surrey and after this provincial government promised not to expand gambling in British Columbia! And all of this before we even begin to talk about the provincial lotteries.