BC New Democrats have cast Falcon as a one per cent elitist, a cartoon caricature of the super rich motivated only by giving tax breaks to his friends in the development community. But when political correspondent Rob Shaw visits Falcon in his home, he discovers another person entirely.
The first hint that there may be more to Kevin Falcon than his political stereotype comes when you pull up to his North Vancouver home — a single-level country cottage rancher dwarfed on one side by large, angular, modern monstrosity.
Three teenage girls go whipping by — Falcon’s daughters Josephine, 14, and Rose, 11, plus a friend there for a sleepover. Two cats, Lucky and Feather, stroll around like they own the place. Everywhere there are books, art, remnants of dried paint and artistic flourishes. Several walls have been painted with enormous images of naked goddesses, celebrating the female form.
Politics versus privacy Very few people get to see this side of Kevin Falcon — not even many of the MLAs inside his caucus. That’s a bit of an image problem for someone who has spent 15 years in provincial politics, and now wants to be premier. “I always say I’m a walking pollster. I can feel it when I’m out. I mean, I’ve done like a dozen town hall meetings across the province. I would know if we’re in trouble if I didn’t see people showing up at those things, if I couldn’t attract good candidates, if we couldn’t raise money — if any of those things were going really badly, I’d be very nervous and there’s no way I can hide it.”
The gamble has yet to pay off On this day, he’s trying to advance his party a few inches forward at the Vancouver Vaisakhi parade. Falcon and Eby keep their speeches to the congregation inside the Khalsa Diwan Society temple non-partisan and respectful, talking about rights, equality and history. “We were formerly the BC Liberal party of Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark, and now we’re BC United,” he tells the crowd at the 91.5 FM stage.
But when he opens the door, Josephine shouts out by way of a greeting: “Dad we are NOT going on a hike.” That seems to settle that. On this particular day, she followed that by rollerblading along the Stanley Park seawall — an activity Falcon also engages in occasionally, if your mind can allow you to conjure him in such an scenario.
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