Jim Pattison

And the only people that will suffer from his 2% approach will be the mom and pop construction companies who are already struggling, the people selling windows and carpeting.

And then he pivots like, and goes after the, and almost like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons goes after a 98 year old guy, um in in jimmy pattison i just it's it's pathetic it's desperate it's chaotic the guy's desperately looking for traction because nobody's buying this unnecessary and cynical election call

Okay, Jimmy Pattison, of course, the president of Savon Foods, one of the grocery store chains that David Eby says is gouging their customers.

One of the richest guys in British Columbia, richest man in Canada.

He's going to go after him.

He's worried about people who are getting gouged at the grocery store.

What's wrong with that? What do you think of that message?

Well, first of all, Jimmy Pattison doesn't need the BC Conservative Party or Ian Black or anyone else looking out for him.

So we'll watch for it, but the polls do not seem to be working for Eby.

He also made, uh, as you've probably seen or may have heard, a classic, uh, and ridiculous attack on, uh, BC billionaire Jimmy Pattison.

Jimmy Pattison, uh, is in his late 90s.

He's largely handed over the control of his operations, uh, to, uh, h- to his board and to others.

Jimmy Pattison is loved in British Columbia.

It's a true rags to riches story, including his own father who came up and rose up from the, uh, the, the, the alcohol-laced, uh, streets of East Vancouver way, way back in the day.

And, uh, Jimmy Pattison, one of the most, uh, generous of, uh, philanthropists and businesspeople in the British Columbia history, donating millions to hospitals.

In 1986 when the, uh, uh, famous world fair coming to BC, the BC, uh, e- e- Expo, the World Expo, it was floundering, it looks like it was going to, to die on the vine and be a huge international embarrassment.

Holy smokes, I wasn't expecting that.

One of the things that I will say as well, and it's something that didn't get mentioned, Jim Pattison is the person that sponsors that hospital in Saskatoon.

He's actually born and raised in Saskatoon before he moved out to the west coast in British Columbia, where the hospital in Vancouver is also named after Jim Pattison.

And I think he's got his name on a hospital in Surrey as well.

So I know the stage is Carrington's, obviously, for this segment.

But I just wanna say, I know Jim Pattison's done a lot of things in the business sector, but the fact that he's been able to put his money back where his mouth is into communities both where he's from and where he lives is really extraordinary.

Because the help and the treatment that she's getting is really something else, and it couldn't happen without the people like Jim Pattison.

So if you ever see those donation pages come up or a pop-up screen on your phone and it's for a legitimate entity, take a look.

Now he's going after big grocery.

And I'm interested in your thoughts on this whole standoff with Jimmy Pattison and why he decided to launch this this uh going after the big grocery store companies for gouging you why he would single out jimmy pattison standing in front of a save on food store when he makes his announcement a bc company let's listen to eb here on this point going after pattison jimmy

and his family don't save on foods they're going to be just fine one it's true that jimmy pattison has done good things but it is also true that the big grocery giants in the province the five big chains they can actually reduce their price on the basics for British Columbians and still be just fine.

Okay.

I had Ujal Dasanjh on this morning, a former NDP premier.

His company, Save On Foods, is unionized.

And it's headquartered in BC, unlike the other chains.

So why he singled out Savon Foods and Jimmy Pattison for by themselves.

Why? Because nobody, at least in my view, will sit around and feel sorry for, and this has already been David Eby's narrative.

We heard it when he was in front of the Save-On-Foods, uh, last week saying, "Don't worry about Jimmy," in terms of BC billionaire rags to riches story, Jimmy Pattison, who built up an entire business empire and has become synonymous with the idea of success, at least in many circles in this province.

Owner of the large group of companies that includes Save-On-Foods.

"Jimmy will be just fine," he said.

Remember when he said that? I can pull up the clip if you don't believe me.

It's almost like we're seeing a narrative coalesce where the wealthy or the successful are being painted, this is much more traditional NDP, NDP, as a policy problem that only government can solve instead of the narrative that we started this campaign with, which is it's all about Donald Trump.

Who would have to pay more and how much? Two premiers, one billionaire.

The different takes on Jim Pattison by John Horgan and David Eby.

Plus closure after 22 years.

He was a great father, he was a great older brother.

They say it won't work and could actually make items more expensive.

Meanwhile, David Eby is being met with even more criticism for singling out the province's best known philanthropist.

In February 2019, then premier John Horgan stood next to Jim Pattison as the billionaire and philanthropist whose name is on more BC hospitals than anyone else, was honored by Canada's Walk of Fame.

I just can't thank many people who are here today for their help to me, 'cause nobody does it by themselves.

Give me a break.

This is really ridiculous policy, and it comes on the heels of more class warfare, where David Eby went after, uh, grocery store owners, and specifically by name, Jimmy Pattison.

And why this pisses off so many folks in the media and so many folks in public policy circles, uh, and economics, um, you know, anyone with a half a brain in their head, to be honest, um, is because, uh, Jimmy can't really defend himself now.

Jimmy is ninety-eight years old, uh, or in his nineties at least.

You know, he can't come back and defend his, you know, h- his incredible long list of philanthropy, uh, the donations he made, the jobs he's created, the risks he's taken in British Columbia.

He can't defend any of that.

And so, you know, you got David Eby running around smirking away about Jimmy Pattison as the great evil in British Columbia.

Give me a break.

Let's talk about what you've been talking about during this campaign beyond Donald Trump.

You know, you've spent the last couple of days talking about gas prices, talking about food prices, bringing up Jimmy Pattison in a way that says maybe he's not a complete saint to everyone in this province and he should pay his fair share.

Is this campaign focused on bread and butter populism, poor versus rich issues?

Not at all.