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 published on Huffington Post BC. The historic victory of Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP provoked a giddy reaction among New Democrats across Canada. Many even adorned themselves with orange ties, socks and other articles of clothing in a sort of end zone celebration dance. Among the enthusiastic revellers were members of British Columbia’s NDP opposition […]
Originally posted in The Province newspaper and at Huffington Post BC. At a recent Vancouver Board of Trade speech, Premier Christy Clark discussed her government’s plan to strengthen B.C.’s economy through support of our natural resources sectors, expanding international trade, and by building partnerships with aboriginal communities. Clark also told the audience that to ensure economic growth they had to […]
– Originally published in Vancouver Sun, July 24, 2013 Canada’s premiers are gathering for the Council of the Federation meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., this week, and they are expected to discuss the possibility of raising premiums for the Canada and Quebec pension plans (CPP and QPP). Also this week, the premiers have received a package […]
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 […]