How will moderate voters mark their ballots Oct. 19?
I have been following politics in British Columbia for all of my life and it has rarely been boring. But Kevin Falcon’s announcement and the demise of BC United was definitely a head-turner. A real once-in-a-lifetime event. Only a handful of people can honestly say they saw it coming and they were the ones negotiating the capitulation.
With the rise of the BC Conservatives, this faction had a new home and split the coalition. What remained in BC United were the centrists and the path to victory got a lot more difficult. Maybe that isn’t what happened but the collapse of BC United has left a big hole in the province. Will the moderates within BC United decide to run as independents? We already know that Bond and Mike Morris won’t be seeking re-election. But it looks like a significant number of candidates will still be going ahead. And if they are successful, perhaps we will see the rise of new political party out of the ashes of the BC United machine.
And where does the Green Party fit into all of this? A lot of their past platforms align with the right-of-centre policy objectives. Perhaps they will take a few more seats in the election – either through a protest vote against the two major parties or because some of the middle ground voters will see the Greens as a possible home.
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