By Election Results Not The Issue
Thursday, April 26, 2012 @ 3:45 AM
Christy Clark maybe suggesting that she will lead the party into the next provincial election. The bigger questions is, leading who?
While the results poured in the other night suggesting that the Conservatives had made serious inroads into the right wing of political thinking in this province, there were a lot of sitting MLAs who, no doubt, will be reflecting on their future in politics.
Yes it can be said that by-elections produce a result generally for the opposition party between elections. This candy however has a much different taste than the norm.
There have always been right wing politicians holding the two seats in question. There hasn’t always been a serious third party running in the by election. There also is the matter of the disenchantment with the Premier.
To be sure, cabinet ministers like Pat Bell and Shirley Bond should be re elected no matter what the feeling for the present Liberal government. They have served us well and worked tirelessly in trying to help this area. That is a given.
Problem is, if you were Pat Bell or Shirley Bond and you face the prospect of sitting in the opposition benches where you have little to no say in what happens in government, would you even want to run?
That is the bigger problem for Christy Clark to ponder.
Kevin Falcon has made no bones that he is teetering on the edge of whether he wants to run again. If the hand writing is on the wall can Clark expect him to throw himself on the sword?
The results of the by election are perhaps important, more importantly however is the conversation going on in the minds of many of the sitting MLAs as to their future and that is where the real action is taking place.
I’m Meisner and that‘s one man’s opinion.
Comments
The liberals are carrying to much baggage to be re-elected. Christy might be carrying the torch but the flame is about to be extinguished.
HST lies.
BC Rail sale.
6 million payout for BC rail accused.
Budget deficit lies before the last election.
Agree. Where I think the Liberals have been and are better for the economy of the Province, there is more to life than just jobs. I want a government that I can respect. A far cry from the political hiatus we have now.
I would add that I think that the government made a mistake not giving all the public servants a cost of living increase. This 0-0-0 is a wage cutback. Where I don’t want to be in the state that the EU countries are in, I also think we have some time to get our house in order. That includes reducing some of the high end wages and benefits.
“To be sure, cabinet ministers like Pat Bell and Shirley Bond should be re elected no matter what the feeling for the present Liberal government. They have served us well and worked tirelessly in trying to help this area. That is a given”
Well unless of course the voters in those ridings want to move in a direction which differs from that of the Liberals, LOL :)
I don’t buy the cheerleading for Bell and Bond presented in this article.
Let’s see them vote against their party and really stand up for British Columbia
1) Education – complete deterioration over the last decade
2) Healthcare – we’re worse off than in the 1990’s when Doctors held their Multiplex Protest. Take a trip to the walk-in clinic, or Emergency … Wait lists haven’t been dealt with. Healthcare has not improved.
3) Lack of legal aid – with court cases being dropped because of statute of limitations running out for cases to proceed or be dropped entirely.
4) They voted in favor of the HST lock-in-step with their party. I didn’t see them vote against it.
Bond & Bell are lock-in-step with their party, not their constituents.
I’ll be voting NO to Bell.
How Shirley is Solicitor General without so much as a Bachelor’s degree speaks volumes to “qualification by committee …” Sit on enough committees and boards and you’re suddenly qualified to be Solicitor General of the Province of BC??
The BC Libs are toast
BC needs a free enterprise party that represents the middle class and small business operators, rather than monopolistic corporations and public sector special interest. BC currently doesn’t have a free enterprise option despite all the talk Christy Clark claims to lead the ‘free enterprise coalition’.
Ben is a big supporter of Pat and Shirley. They had him appointed to the Law Society and they buy ads from him. Bought and paid for!
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