NDP says Dix will announce future plans next week

VICTORIA – New Democrat Party Leader Adrian Dix will make an announcement next week concerning his political future.

NDP communication director Tim Pearson says a time, date or location for the Dix announcement has not been set, but it will occur some time next week.

Dix left the B.C. legislature in July saying he would be taking time to reflect on his political future.

Since then, there has been little information coming forward from Dix, but others from within the NDP have been publicly calling for him to signal he was preparing to step down.

Earlier this week, a group of New Democrats calling themselves Forward BC NDP announced they were seeking to modernize and rebuild the party and aiming to influence the selection of party delegates voting at the NDP’s Vancouver convention in November.

The convention will see the election of a new party executive and could prompt a party leadership race.

The B.C. New Democrats have been reeling since last May’s devastating election loss where they entered the race with an almost 20-point lead but lost to Premier Christy Clark’s Liberals.