VANCOUVER – Against all odds, Premier Christy Clark led her Liberal Party to majority, on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013; leaving British Columbia’s New Democrats dazed, confused and wondering what happened? 
The NDP has been leading in the polls for over a year now.  Since the start of the campaign they have been leading the liberals by as much as 20 points.
On Tuesday night, about 9 p.m. as the results started pouring, the trend seem to be set.  It looked like B.C. will have the same outcome as year 2009 and previous to that year 2005 election. The Liberals got into the lead from the beginning and stayed in that lead. 
The Poll trackers had predicted an easy win for the NDP.  But Christy Clark and her  Liberal Party challenge the claims of NDP victory and to counter that started the negative ads against Adrian Dix, and his ability to be a good leader.  The Clark highlighted Dix’s weakeness on not taking a strong stand on the economy and other major issues.  Clark’s efforts led the Liberals to a stunning victory.
The Liberals increased their standings in the legislature, winning 55 ridings to the NDP’s 33. The Greens elected one MLA.
While those in the Liberal campaign  office were ecstatic  with the results but in the NDP camp  some members of the New Democrats were in tears, others watched the results with their jaws gapping. Some walking around as if they have been hit by a speeding truck. &n .....

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Christy Clark leads B.C. Liberals to surprise majority 

Leaving NDP stunned, scratching their heads

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Minister Jason Kenney

Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced on Friday that it is re-opening the Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship Program in January 2, 2014, with new financial requirements and responsibilities for sponsoring children and grandchildren
The program has been closed to new applications since November 2011 to give Immigration department time to work down the mounting backlog of parent and grandparent sponsorship applications.
 “The Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification is on track to meet the goals of cutting in half the backlog and wait times in the Parent and Grandparent program,” said  Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. “ It is very important that we continue to make progress and not return to the old broken system with wait times as long as a decade—that would be unfair to families.”
“The  total number of parents and grandparents admitted as permanent residents through 2012 and 2013 will be 50,000 which is the highest level in 20 years, and it intends on maintaining these levels in 2014,” says Minister Kenney.
Another change announced on Friday is the Super Visa program, while allows foreign parents and grandparents of Canadians to visit Canada for up to ten years, for two years at a time, becoming permanent. Over 15,000 Super Visas have been granted since the program started in December 2011.
With regard to the Parent and Grandparent sponsorship program, Minister Kenney say,  they plan on accepting 5,0 .....

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Voting results in Surrey for election 2013

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The BC RCMP are reminding the public to check the security features of all the bank notes that they receive, including the new polymer series notes. A small number of counterfeit $100 polymer bills have recently been detected in the Lower Mainland. The public can protect themselves by checking the security features of their notes or comparing suspicious notes with a genuine note.  
“Protecting the economic integrity of Canada is one of the five National strategic priorities for the RCMP” says Sgt Duncan Pound, RCMP Federal Media Relations Officer for British Columbia. “Crime Prevention is a cornerstone of the RCMP’s overarching approach to law enforcement, and working with the Bank of Canada to help educate the public about the security of Canadian bank notes is vital .....

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