Thoughts on BC Politics and More

The BC NDP government has failed to address extortion in British Columbia with the urgency it has demanded from day one, say Conservative Interim Leader Trevor Halford and Steve Kooner Critic for Attorney General, responding to Premier David Eby’s announcement of a new provincial advisory group. “Communities have been calling for action for nearly a year,” said Halford. “Business owners, families, and workers have been living in fear while the NDP failed to provide the resources necessary to confront these brazen acts of violence.” Halford noted that it took the City of Surrey publicly calling on the federal government to declare a federal emergency before the NDP finally moved to get more boots on the ground. “Leadership is not reacting after the damage is already done, it’s preventing harm before communities are pushed to the breaking point,” he said. The Premier has now committed to ‘listening’ to the community, but Halford said that commitment comes far too late. “They should have ...

LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK IN OUR HANDY-DANDY TIME MACHINE: An April 5 th , 2017 Vancouver Sun article was headlined, “ BC Liberals, NDP spar over cash-for-access fundraising ”  The story began:   The BC Liberal party is attempting a political counter punch at the NDP on the issue of cash-for-access events after learning NDP leader John Horgan is expected to attend a $1,000-per-ticket reception scheduled for April 18. On Wednesday, the Liberals released a leaked email from an NDP fundraiser inviting people to a reception at Hawksworth Restaurant in the Rosewood Hotel Georgia hosted by Gary Jackson, president of cannabis-packaging company CannaPack Solutions, with early-bird tickets selling for $500 if attendees buy before April 10. In the email, the event is billed as “an unparalleled opportunity to discuss the issues relating to what the future holds for the production, sale and distribution of marijuana in British Columbia.” The event demonstrates...

On Saturday January 31 st , I had the opportunity to speak with Conservative Party of BC leadership candidate Yuri Fulmer. The following is part of the discussion we had which began with me asking him what defined a conservative.   YURI: I think that days of purity tests are all over. We all have a view on a bunch of different issues. I would be a staunch fiscal conservative ... because I believe in small government. I believe in less government in my life, less government in my home, and less government regulation, other than to protect British governments. I believe in a balanced budget. I believe in growing the economy. So, I don't know; does that make me a fiscal conservative? I know what I believe, and I try not to pigeon-hole people along the way. I think we all have diverse beliefs. I think for the conservative party to be successful, we have to include everybody that’s a right of center thinker. But if we don't open the tent, let's call it the big blue tent, ...

Mainstreet polled Canadians from January 31st until end of day Monday, February 2, 2026 and got results that more or less confirmed what Leger and Liaison saw in their polls: the Liberals are surging, the Conservatives are either stagnant or sinking.   When we have three polls saying basically the same thing we have a trend and we don't ignore trends. Party campaign staff do not ignore these trends either. They watch them carefully.   The numbers I am covering here are the all voters, and not the decided and leaning voters only categories from the poll. The latter is actually worse for the Conservatives. These are the, if you can call them that, better numbers.    NATIONAL NUMBERS: The current standings, nationally are as follows: 48% Liberal Party of Canada 34% Conservative Party of Canada 4% New Democratic Party of Canada 5% Bloc Quebecois 2% Green Party   REGIONAL NUMBERS: The Liberals lead in every region except the Prairie provinces of Alber...