Wilkinson knows very well that the NDP will indulge the class warfare theme every chance it gets. Once more this week, he played right into their hands.
VICTORIA — When NDP activists first saw the headline this week, they couldn’t believe their good fortune.
“Surprisingly, this isn’t satire written by me,” wrote Jeffrey Ferrier, a self-styled “progressive” and one of several who posted the story on Twitter. But as experienced politicians know — or should know — telling a reporter that he/she should be writing about something other than what he/she is writing about is not a proven media management strategy.
And so on, through Wilkinson “tying himself into knots” and “his priority is to buoy the richest two per cent and leave everyone else lost at sea” and “instead of throwing people a lifeline, Wilkinson is making them walk the plank.”Reaching, someone in Liberal ranks noticed that attorney-general David Eby had spoken at the “ritzy” Vancouver Club and wasn’t that the same thing?
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