Congratulations Gordon Campbell!

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We're number one! We're number one!

For the sixth straight year, BC has the highest child poverty rate in Canada!
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/24/bc-child-poverty-report.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h1ojesLS_XwFyveVmO-mMhjWVFZg

That's an accomplishment for which Premier Gordon Campbell can thrust out his chest with pride.

Actually, I suppose I shouldn't go all snarky on him - he doesn't pretend to be a bleeding heart liberal - oh wait, yes he does - but he has never pretended to care about anything but the business community (translate: people with money). The real question here is whether he is a small c liberal or a large C liberal. Bah. No, the group of people I really don't understand are the people who chose to elect him not once, but twice. For those people, this trend in child poverty was already in progress at the last election, and yet they thought it was an acceptable tradeoff for whatever benefit they expect to reap from this small C liberal. Bah to them with bells on.