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.
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.
