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It's Friday November the 18 around 7:16AM and

Let The Politicians Be Politicians

Ah. It's so nice to see the provincial government and the opposition play nice in the sandbox. Yesterday they spent two quality hours snuggling, playing doctor, and then voting themselves a massive pay increase, raming it through the legislature before leaving for the day.

"As question period unfolded, reporters reached for pocket calculators to work out the percentage increases," writes The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer. "The basic jump looked to be 15 per cent. For the premier it was about 20 per cent. The pension, abolished by all-party agreement, was back as well."

Especially nice to see that the NDP, freshly back in the game wasted no time before sticking thier faces in the trough.

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