A new party leader will bring a front bench makeover The BC Liberal Party leadership contest was expected to be a dull affair. In the end, however, it was anything but, arriving at a gripping conclusion watched by a ballroom overflowing with party supporters and every major provincial news outlet in attendance. The dinner hour […]
Will the politics in Victoria be counterbalanced in Vancouver by candidates from the centre-right? Our Thanksgiving meal last weekend was its usual bountiful affair with far too much food prepared for the occasion. And, as is often the case, there was that additional serving of casserole that I quickly wished I had not eaten. Vancouver […]
Christy Clark’s departure creates opportunity for party to renew itself With Christy Clark’s departure from public life comes an opportunity for the B.C. Liberal Party to renew itself under new leadership. There is plenty of speculation as to who will run for the job. More importantly, however, we should ask what the candidates will stand […]
“This is something I’d like to see.” It was an innocent-sounding quote by former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, now a B.C. government minister responsible for matters relating to local government. After speaking with Sullivan on Monday, Vancouver Courier reporter Mike Howell broke the news that the B.C. Liberals’ proposed ban corporate and union donations may […]
“Mr. President, if you run the same campaign as you did in 2008, you are going to lose.” According to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina, he gave this blunt advice to Barack Obama after the U.S. president asked him to run his 2012 re-election campaign. Messina recounted the conversation in a […]
Originally featured at Huffington Post BC. Is it time to sell your B.C. NDP stock and buy shares in the B.C. Liberals? It was an off-the-cuff remark by former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan during his interview with CBC radio host Stephen Quinn that prompted that question. Quinn asked why Sullivan would attach himself to the B.C. Liberals, […]
BC Liberals 2012 Convention — photo: Jonathan Hayward , CP Originally published on Huffington Post BC. Last Friday evening, Sharon White, the BC Liberal Party’s good-natured volunteer president, was smiling like a kid who just got a new bicycle for Christmas. The first full day of the 2012 B.C. Liberal convention (tagged #BCL12 on Twitter) […]
Premier Alison Redford on the night of her surprise victory in Alberta You don't hear this stated much these days: The B.C. Liberals will win in 2013. You heard it here first. In one of the great resurrections in B.C. political history, on the evening of May 14, 2013 premier-elect Christy Clark will be grinning […]
Oops. How’d that happen? Kwan ends James’ political career – photo: Vancouver Sun The following article ran last Tuesday, Dec. 7th in 24 Hours newspaper, the morning after Carole James announced she was stepping down as leader of the BC NDP. It preceded the announcement on Wednesday of Christy Clark as the latest BC Liberal […]