Endorsed

Today the Vancouver Sun has endorsed the Liberals for a third term. Ya Im not shocked, I mean seriously are you either?

Vancouver Sun Campbell and and Liberals have earned right to a third term.

Two weeks into the provincial election campaign, a story that appeared on the business pages of newspapers put a sharp focus on the central issue in this election — the economy.

Statistics Canada reported that British Columbia’s economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in 2008 for the first time in more than a quarter century. The last time that happened, B.C. was in the grip of the 1982 recession.

Businesses were being shuttered. Young people were leaving the province to find work elsewhere.

It doesn’t yet feel like that in the Lower Mainland. But the good times that just nine months ago felt like they would roll on forever are now a fading memory and the outlook is anything but rosy.

This world-wide recession didn’t start in B.C. and it won’t end here. But whoever leads the next provincial government must have a strong role in minimizing the damage to families and businesses, and positioning us so that when the world economy eventually recovers we will be ready to make the most of it. click here for entire article...