Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Thoughts on BC Politics and More has sent a questionnaire to Conservative, Green Party, Liberal, NDP, and Peoples Party of Canada candidates for the Kamloops Thompson Cariboo riding.   Over the next week and a half, the responses will be shared with you; not just as information for those in the riding, but perhaps as information to consider for candidates in your own riding – to be clarified or asked.   PPC leader Maxime Bernier with Kamloops Thompson Cariboo candidate Ken Finlayson   Today, we’re sharing the first responses, which were returned by People Party of Canada candidate Ken Finlayson.   Before presenting his responses to the questions however, lets begin with information submitted by Ken about himself, and why he’s running. K en operates a small ranch near Lac La Hache, for non-resident owners from the lower mainland; it’s a semi retirement position he thought he’d try out a little more than year ago. Well turns out Ken’s not very good at reti...

Maxime Bernier excluded from initial invitations to leaders' election debates. 'Canadians have the right to hear' People's Party policies, Bernier says John Paul Tasker ~~ CBC News ~~ Aug 12, 2019 The Leaders' Debate Commission, the body organizing two major federal election debates, has invited the leaders of five political parties to participate with the notable exception of People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. He has been left off the list, at least for now. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have secured tickets to the Oct. 7 English-language debate and the French-language affair on Oct. 10. These debates will be carried by a consortium of major television broadcasters, including CBC. CLICK HERE for the full story   This works for Bernier and the People’s Party Can...

The fragility of a 'big tent' conservative party ( There is a long history of right-wing parties splintering and merging in Canada ) CBC News ~~ Duane Bratt & Bruce Foster ~~ July 25th This is a well-researched article, and well-reasoned around the various versions of Conservative and other right-side party mergers, coalitions and shotgun marriages to fight a common partisan political enemy. Or two. But what does that mean for the current paradigm in the looming Canadian federal election? It would seem that the Andrew Scheer-led Conservative Party of Canada has been doing quite well at forming local coalitions against left-side incumbents (judging from their candidate nominations), and Scheer and his advisers also have been doing well to position themselves as electable such as by producing a passable policy on climate change (even though the supposed climate crisis is bogus, the preponderance of people believing it's real must be assuaged)...