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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Time for a new political movement in B.C. Interior

The following editorial was first published Feb. 5, 2018. I think it’s of interest, even relevance, given the current political situation in B.C. An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BC LIBERALS have picked a Kamloops boy as their new leader, but not the one many were expecting. Andrew Wilkinson once attended John Peterson secondary school before he moved onto other places, but he’s a Lower Mainlander now. And about as status quo as you can get within the BC Liberals. So now what? He heads up an opposition party divided by a fractious leadership campaign, struggling with an identity crisis, and challenged by issues like the ICBC “dumpster fire.” Meanwhile, we have an NDP government feuding bitterly with another NDP government just across the border in Alberta, and a Green Party rump that seems more focused on fighting with its NDP partners than with the Liberals. In short, politics in B.C. is a mess. There was another time when it was like this. Back in 1952, a Liberal-Conservative coalition was falling apart and the ‘socialist hordes’ — the CCF — were at the gates. But along came Social Credit, led by a maverick Conservative by the name of W.A.C. Bennett [...]

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ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Time for a new political movement in B.C. Interior

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