iN DISCUSSION: Why Premier Eby called a snap election

This is where cold hard facts give way to the hottest of takes, mostly mine I suppose. I’m the editor, Marshall Jones.

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There’s a reason David Eby looked into the camera and told British Columbians with a straight face that we need to vote again — in the middle of a local campaign — two years removed from the last one.

It’s effective.

Sure, we’re all going to carry a little resentment this government is playing these games — again — but will it really change your vote?

NDPers aren’t voting for Centre, Conservative or OneBC (if any of those parties even still exist, I haven’t checked Twitter this morning) over this.

I think the premier will probably succeed in this plan. But then again, his real risk is accidentally re-uniting the right. They’re bopping around like Plinko tiles into new buckets and they might have found the right combination.

The hard right is turning on the Conservatives and back into the political hinterland, known as OneBC, along with extremists in caucus like Brent Chapman and presumably Kerry-Lynne Findlay, too, if she can get elected. This election will tell us precisely the size of the far right contingent in this province.

That needed to happen anyway, to clean out the BC Conservative Party and make it look somewhat credible for the first time in, well, ever.

Have they already done it?

The NDP is not popular right now. David Eby is not popular and rather notably, there aren’t too many bright lights in that party when he’s gone.

This entire election is about whether the ever-present coalition against the BC NDP can organize itself quickly enough under deadline pressure.

What do you think will happen? Email me at mjones@infonews.ca.

Mj
Marshall Jones
Managing Editor

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A head of iceberg lettuce would have been no contest for Kerry-Lynne Findlay, but she finds herself in a best-before bin of history all the same.

Just 113 days ago, she was pushed barely ahead of the BC Conservative Party’s best chance for credibility and a shot at governing by a base that instead wanted to keep fighting the culture wars that are so fashionable these days.

Findlay tried to deliver, taking ever more extreme positions, purging moderates from party ranks, attempting to seize all control of the party and gaining none of it.

Now she has already resigned. The BC Conservative Party was always a little loony until BC United/BC Liberal collapsed and joined them. The 2024 election that nearly brought this bunch to power has proven that spike was just a blip.

Now the NDP’s eyeing an election while the Official Opposition is shopping for a leader once again and CentreBC is rising. A true split on the right.

The real question now is how the real powerbrokers in this province — the same folks who demanded BC United cave to the Conservatives just to beat the NDP — will choose who to unite behind.

If you’re an NDP supporter, you’re probably loving this. I’m curious about non-NDP supporters — which way will you choose? Email me at mjones@infonews.ca.

Mj
Marshall Jones
Managing Editor

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The spirited legacy behind Three Valley Gap, and why it’s worth stopping for

We used to drive by piles of times and never stopped. One time, we finally stopped, and spent a few hours touring the location. Its absolutely astonishing all the things to see there! I highly recommend making the time to stop!

— Peter Boyd via iNFOnews.ca

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