His exodus gives BC Cons no reason to mourn, nor for BC Libs to cheer.
I fail to see why there is such a big deal being made about John van Dongen’s defection from the B.C. Conservative party.
He was a lightweight as a minister who likely won’t hold his own seat no matter what party or lack of one he belongs to. Stubborn to a fault, he brought nothing to the Tories and takes nothing with him as he goes.
The Liberals are leaping with joy at John Cummins’ difficulty and see the fading of Conservative numbers meaning that they are making a comeback. They must be ingesting something illegal if they think the Conservatives were a real threat in the first place.
Buried in the numbers the pollsters attribute to the Conservatives is an unknown but very real problem — many Conservatives just won’t vote if they’re not in the race. A century or so ago when I was in my last election there was a Tory candidate and that worried me a lot. My campaign manager, the political junkie, assuaged my worries by pointing out the likely voting behaviour of Conservatives, and a glance at the results made it clear that he was right. Continue Reading »
That’s when they surrendered BC’s best chance to stop Enbridge’s risky pipeline.
I see that all civilization and some uncivilizations, like the USA, want Paul Watson’s hide.
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