Saturday, January 15, 2011

This Week In BC Politics ...

Greetings and I hope your weekend is going well.  There’s never a slow day when it comes to politics in BC, and as you will note the BC Conservative Party has received a lot of ink this past week.  Here are a few stories you may have missed and will want to read … or perhaps you have read them already and just want to refresh yourself.  (click the article title to get the full story):

Cummins dismisses BC Liberal leadership race
Cummins support for the fledgling BC Conservative Party which he joined a year ago has ... to people who he believes have given up on the Liberals and NDP ...

On the flip side of the spectrum there is also the potential for a new centre left party should the Liberals implode. British Columbia New Democratic Party ...

Former Reform Party member Randy White speaks during Saturday's business …

Eventually, suggesting to voters that they have a direct say in what happens in a provincial capital catches up to a government, whose political interests …


He doesn't frame this as a political issue. In fact, he is emphatic that his medical care has been “super.” But his son Neal, a committed BC Liberal …

Province's deep challenge met with shallow options
 
The political situation in BC is something to behold — where else but here could it happen? On one hand, we have the BC Liberals in the process of electing …

“I want to help the BC Conservative Party to bring back representation to the people of British Columbia that has been lost under the BC Liberals…

 ... some say the quotas serve a critical purpose in encouraging more women to run for political positions. The debate comes as the BC NDP leadership race …

With the BC Liberals split, Conservatives would be poised to replace them as the major party on the political right, just as the BC Liberals came out of …

Applications to have Kamloops-North MLA Terry Lake and Comox Valley MLA Don McRae recalled were sent to Elections BC later in the day…

On Sunday, the B.C. Conservative Party announced it too will hold a ... Our party [is a response to] frustration at the Liberal and NDP parties in this …

... 2011 An elected school trustee who lives in Kamloops is calling for aboriginal people in British Columbia to establish a new political party…

Craig James said he has received more than 390 threatening messages since late November, when, as head of Elections BC, he rejected the first application to …

Federal Tory MP attacks BC Liberals
Federal Conservative MP John Cummins is stepping into provincial politics, aggressively slamming the B.C. Liberal government as arrogant …

Take care ... have a good weekend ... and I'll be back on Monday.

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