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| BC Politics ... the week of Feb 27th to Mar 6th |
Most of what the news has been filled with this past week was the leadership win by Christy Clark … and her first cabinet get-together. That said, this weekends news summary has much with regards to that, BUT there are also several stories about, and with reference to, the BC Conservative party.
By the way, just in case you missed the news, the most recent federal political survey shows the Conservative Party at 48% vs. the Liberals at 22%. With that in mind I believe it is very hard to debate the point that conservative minded voters provincially have only been supporting the BC Liberal party because they felt they had no other option. Looks like that is about to change however.
Anyways … now here’s some of the political news stories from the past week … enjoy!
Now Christy Clark must win over skeptical BC voters (National Post)
… Commission a full inquiry to examine the compromised BC Rail sale. A very messy affair, the BC Rail bidding process resulted in a political corruption trial; it ended abruptly last year in BC Supreme Court when two senior Liberal government …
Business leaders, caucus support Clark (Vancouver Sun)
… Clark had earlier said she would wait until the NDP selected its new leader in April, but "failed to respect the timeline of the BC Conservative Party leadership race," party spokesman Keith Roy said …
B.C. Tories receiving sizable support -- Clark election win drives supporters to Conservatives
The party of small government is receiving sizable support now that the B.C. Liberals have selected Christy Clark its leader, B.C. Conservatives spokesman Keith Roy said Tuesday…
The wild ride facing BC's newest premier (CBC.ca)
Moreover, the BC Liberal party is Liberal in name only. The free enterprise coalition is widely thought of as two-thirds federal Conservative. So while Clark — and all leadership camps — announced they had signed up tens of thousands of new members …
Power is lovely, dark and deep, but Clark has promises to keep (BCLocalNews)
Clark's victory prompted a flood of missives to my email box and on our newsroom fax machine, with the BC NDP, the BC Health Coalition, the BC Conservative Party, the BC First Party and FightHST all offering criticism and advice to our new …
NDP leadership hopefuls talk business
The five candidates for the leadership of the BC NDP ventured into unfamiliar waters Tuesday as they attended a leadership panel sponsored by the BC Chamber of Commerce and the Business Council of BC
A whimper not a bang (PG Citizen)
In choosing a self-professed "outsider", Clark, with no caucus support and with strong ties to the federal Liberal Party (their chief organizer and BC Rail celeb Pat Kinsella was her campaign manager), the stage is now set for the BC Liberal / Conservative coalition to fracture …
Liberals going Conservative (CFJC TV Kamloops)
The local area director for the BC Conservative Party says the BC Liberal's selection of Christy Clark as their new leader is already sending new members his way. Alan Forseth says small "c" conservatives don't support Clark - and those people make up …
Clark opens door for conservative shift (BCLocalNews)
… capture the conservative voter in the interior of the province and create a minority Liberal government, with Conservatives driving important fiscal legislation. The door is now wide open for the BC Conservatives to get their act together and capitalize on the Liberals’ apparent lack of courage to address the issues facing the province.
I’m Alan Forseth in Kamloops. Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll be back on Monday.
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