Some kind of United Conservative Party

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English - May 18, 2024 03:43 - 5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Will they? Won't they? It turns out 48 hours can provide a lot of drama in BC politics.

Will they? Won’t they? Within 48 hours we went from the chance of BC United and BC Conservatives merging, to Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West taking over to it all crumbling apart. And this all took place against the final week of the BC Legislature’s sittings before the fall’s election. So we naturally have a number of MLAs retiring.

We also learned this week that the CRA is seemingly more interested in collecting taxes from renters than from the many delinquents in the real estate sector.

Links

Gordon Campbell urged to broker BC United-Conservative merger – The Orca

Former B.C. premiers join in calls for a right-of-centre party merger

Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West considering leading merged BC United-Conservative party | Globalnews.ca

https://x.com/bradwestpoco/status/1790977293998756065

https://x.com/johnrustad4bc/status/1790969336691347583

https://x.com/richardzussman/status/1791174944627528132

Rustad quashes BC Conservative, United party merger rumours

BC United, BC Conservative merger shot down by Kevin Falcon

https://x.com/JasJohalBC/status/1790428285597614422

BC NDP leads by 6 over the BC Conservatives as the gap closes from 18 to 6-points – Abacus Data

Pallas British Columbia Poll: Conservatives 38, NDP 37, BC United 13, Green 9