PETER MILOBAR, BC Conservative. I’ll admit I was hoping for better from him. I thought political principles might come into play. You know, the kind...
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An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. POLITICS IS WONDERFUL. The worst of enemies can suddenly become the best of friends. Leopards can change their spots. North can become south. So it is that two provincial parties will team up, in a manner of speaking, to defeat the dastardly New Democrats who are, apparently, destroying B.C. It was only last week that BC United, formerly the BC Liberals, were characterizing BC Conservatives as tinfoil-hat people, and leader Kevin Falcon was saying the BC Conservatives “are at risk of becoming a conspiracy party, not a Conservative party.” BC United MLAs routinely characterized the BC Conservatives as extremists. That is, until they started realizing how much trouble their party was in, and started defecting to the Conservatives in hopes of their own political survival. When Falcon stood beside BC Conservative leader John Rustad today (Aug. 28, 2024) and announced the suspension of the BC United election campaign, it wasn’t for his own political survival. In fact, he sealed his own political demise — he won’t run in the October election. No, he simply threw in the towel and passed the torch to Rustad and the Conservatives. There will be no coalition, no reconciliation of [...]
PETER MILOBAR, BC Conservative. I’ll admit I was hoping for better from him. I thought political principles might come into play. You know, the kind...
PETER MILOBAR, BC Conservative. I’ll admit I was hoping for better from him. I thought political principles might come into play. You know, the kind...
The following editorial was first published Feb. 5, 2018. I think it’s of interest, even relevance, given the current political situation in...
Debbie Jacob I GREW up in a family of Democrats and Republicans. My uncle, who worked at Westinghouse assembling washing machines, was a Democrat....
Debbie Jacob I GREW up in a family of Democrats and Republicans. My uncle, who worked at Westinghouse assembling washing machines, was a Democrat....
Current public opinion polls put the NDP and Conservatives neck and neck, so the stakes are high. Pictured: BC Conservative leader John Rustad flanked...
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE September 5, 2024 – As the dust from recent explosive events in B.C. politics continues to settle, focus is shifting to...
NORTHERN B.C.- Douglas Gook is joining the Green Party as a candidate for Nechako Lakes. He will be battling BC Conservative leader John Rustad and...
NORTHERN B.C.- Douglas Gook is joining the Green Party as a candidate for Nechako Lakes. He will be battling BC Conservative leader John Rustad and...
VICTORIA — An opposition research file on the "extremism" of the Conservative Party of British Columbia's executive director has been leaked by BC...