The coalition of right-of-centre politicians that Gordon Campbell cobbled together to defeat the New Democratic Party government in 2001 has begun to develop chinks in its armour.
Backbench MLA Elayne Brenzinger quit the B.C. Liberal caucus Monday, accusing Premier Gordon Campbell of ruining the province, destroying communities and disregarding the concerns of the Liberal caucus.
Province newspaper legislative columnist, Michael Smyth, reported in Tuesday’s paper that Premier Gordon Campbell admitted that he may have angered his now ex-colleague by telling her to “fuck off” at a caucus meeting, and referring to her as “a bitch”. Good role-modeling, Gordo.
Vaughn Palmer, in today’s Vancouver Sun, reports that the Premier’s office has begun a smear campaign to discredit Brenzinger.
Effective today, March 9th, CanWest Global has made The Vancouver Sun, The Province and all CanWest Global newspaper sites available to subscribers only (CanWest Global is the first media company, that I am aware of, to deny linkable access to individual newspaper stories; nothing like shooting yourself in the foot … good work Asper brothers …).
