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Former B.C. United MLA courts centrist voters with new political party (CBC)


Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick has launched a new political party, Centre BC, after abandoning attempts to get Kevin Falcon to step down as leader of BC United, formerly BC Liberals.

Kirkpatrick said she was left politically homeless when Falcon withdrew BC United from last year's provincial election campaign — and so were many political centrists like her ...

"We've seen so much divisive conversation in politics over the last year … a lot of people in British Columbia were looking for an alternative that was more balanced" ...

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