p2 Harvey Oberfled Nov 08 2010 COOP Radio

P2 Nov 08th 2010 radio interview with Harvey Oberfled, who is a retired investigative reporter that has worked throughout BC, Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and other areas of Canada; along with host Reginald Angus Argue. This program was originally broadcast on COOP Radio (102.7 FM CFRO) community run radio station out of Vancouver BC Canada.

During the interview the discussion was about:

BC has highest single parents on welfare, how can we put people back to work and clean up corruption in BC.

Economy in BC needs to be better managed, politicians have nothing to do with the jobs, and it all depends on elements elsewhere.
BC liberals had super ferries build in Germany rather than the Province of British Columbia. Also talked about how German workers who worked on the ships did not pay taxes in BC so it was a trickle-down effect with going outside of BC for ferries. By doing this it cost thousands of jobs to BC and possibly billions in revenue in taxes that workers could have paid if project had have stayed in the Province of British Columbia.

The fast ferries, which were built in the Province of British Columbia in the past under the NDP Provincial Government. They were over budget and one hit a deadhead log in maiden voyage, also under powered with gas engine and should have been diesel. These ferries could have been used on a different route. Provincial Liberals, who replaced the NDP Government in BC could have sold fast ferries off for 90 million dollars at one point; they did not sell them then. They waited until they were rusty hulks and sold them for around $19 million.

Harvey talks about his blog "Keeping it Real" where he continues to inform the people about what is going on; even those he has been retired since 2006. Harvey talked about he is shining a light on the media too, and he has made allot of enemies.

Harvey talked about how corporate owners of media outlets decided to more with less. This in turn was terrible cost in quality of reporting and lack of investigative reporting; while TV stations are taking huge sums of money from the Government in advertising.

http://harveyoberfeld.ca/blog/
http://www.coopradio.org
http://www.reginaldangusargue.com

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