Right wing? Left Wing? You need both wings to fly!

It's funny (sort of) how things seem to never change in BC politics.  In 2005, Will McMartin wrote an article in the Tyee entitled, "Feeling Polarized"

In this piece, the one thing really jumped out at me, it was his statement that:

"Polarization satisfies both right and left, business and labour. For the right, polarization means that parties favourable to business usually form government. The left, meanwhile, can utilize its legislative strength to exert moral suasion and influence public policy, with the added bonus of being available to assume power when a government of the right fractures or becomes unpopular with the electorate."

Did you see the words I saw? Polarization satisfies "business" and "labor".

Where are the words that government satisfies the people of BC?  I think it would be safe to say that even now, 7 years later, we know which political parties (in the words he wrote) were intended to represent business and labour; the BC Liberals .. and the BC New Democrats.

Even 7 years later, with some changes to the policies and platforms of the party, the NDP still strongly comes down on the side of labour.

While the BC Liberals do not come out and say they support business, it has been shown over and over again that they certainly do not represent the men and women ... and families ... of BC.  

So who, and what, do they then support? Well that's a good question.

Any party that has encouraged, supported, and brought about some of the most disapproved, and criticized, policies and leadership surely can't be said to represent the majority of people in the province. I've mentioned before what many of those things are; and as you read this, I am sure many of them are coming to mind for you, without me having to remind you. 

Will McMartin's article ended with the following comment:

"British Columbia seems to be entering its third period of polarization, with Campbell’s Liberals on the right, James’s New Democrats on the left, and no room for anybody else."

Both Campbell and James are gone, but the problems of polarized politics remain ... and I can clearly see why this has now led to a fear in the BC Liberal Party that they are about to lose their grip on the reins of government.

The bottom line is that polarized politics do NOT benefit the general population of the province. People are getting fed up with polarized politics ... and that is why they are creating room for someone else ... in spite of what they are hearing from Christy Clark.  

The people of BC ... over 20% so far ... are creating room for John Cummins and the BC Conservative Party. The BC Conservatives are showing that they will be the party of common sense, and as John Cummins has said before, common sense is neither left ... nor right.  

Or as someone else said ... Right wing?  Left Wing?  You need both wings to fly!

I'm Alan Forseth in Kamloops, with the thoughts of one conservative.