 |
As of 10 a.m. this morning, the writ was dropped by British Columbia Premier Christy Clark on the 2013 British Columbia provincial election.
Over the course of the next 28 days, British Columbians will be given the opportunity to exercise their hard-fought-for, and much cherished, democratic right to engage in the life of their society by challenging the provincial political parties, and those vying to represent them in the British Columbia legislature, on the future direction of British Columbia, before the final decision will be taken as we cast our critically important ballot to choose the next government of British Columbia, on Tuesday, May 14th.
As is illustrated in ThreeHundredEight.com’s graphic at the top of this blog post, the 2013 British Columbia election is the BC New Democratic Party’s to lose. With an almost insurmountable 18% lead in the polls, the tired and unpopular British Columbia Liberal party would appear to be headed toward ignominious defeat after 12 years in power. And, with a revived and resurgent British Columbia Conservative party challenging the Liberals on their right flank, and the Green Party of BC slated to take as many votes from the Liberals as they will from the New Democrats, BC’s Liberal party will be hard-pressed to retain power come late evening May 14th.
But as if often said, “one day in politics is like a year in the real world.” Who knows what issues will arise between now and May 14th, what core issues of concern will emerge that will be of critical concern to British Columbia’s electorate, or what the response of the public will be to the party leaders following their scheduled Monday, April 29th BC leaders debate?
In the interests of keeping you informed on the political life of British Columbia, over the course of the next 28 days VanRamblings will post regularly on the issues of interest and concern that arise each day between now and May 14th, the various platform announcements by BC’s political parties, and coverage of British Columbia’s 2013 election by the mainstream press, blogs and social media weighing in on BC politics, as we attempt to provide you with a nuanced appreciation of those issues of paramount concern to you and your family. Hope to see you back here often.
(Full, and the most up-to-date, coverage of the 2013 British Columbia provincial election is available by clicking on Decision BC 2013)
(For those of you who arrived here looking for coverage of last week’s Kitsilano Community Centre AGM — as sorry an example of untoward democratic engagement as you’re ever likely to witness — VanRamblings’ coverage of the KitsCC AGM may be found here. The Vancouver Courier’s Sandra Thomas has written about the KitsCC AGM, as well, her coverage of the delirious, anti-community meeting to be found here.)
