Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Three weeks ago, we announced that Centre Ice Canadians would task a working group to explore whether it makes sense to launch a new, centrist federal political party in Canada.   The response has been overwhelmingly positive. Thank you, in particular, to everyone who replied to our volunteer coordinator, Julie Smith, when she emailed last week asking for volunteers. If you missed that, here’s the link.   We still have a long way to go before we can green light starting a new party.   We need to see sustained growth in three critical areas before we can make a decision on or before September 20th:     SUPPORT: We are an evidence-based organization, so we need evidence that we’re on the right track. This includes whether you would be willing to sign on as a member if we file the application for a new party with Elections Canada? We need 250 members to make that happen, but we want 1,000 people from across Canada to come forward and sign up. ...

  IS THERE ROOM ... dare it be said ... for ANOTHER political party on the federal scene; and essentially, one that would straddle the middle ground between Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party of Canada, and the Justin Trudeau Party (JTP) – AKA the Liberal Party of Canada?   All I can say is, “I hope so” because I, for one, am feeling politically homeless.   Since first becoming Prime Minister, when his government was sworn in on November 14 th 2015, Trudeau (and numerous Cabinet Ministers) have stumbled from one ethics, and conflict of interest, crisis to another. Just to name a few we have SNV Lavalin ... the WE Charity ... luxurious holiday vacations ... and government contracts to close friends.   Last December Lorrie Goldstein wrote in the Toronto Sun , “... according to the findings of current conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, Mario Dion ... Trudeau’s was spared a third negative finding (in the WE Charity affair) only because the c...