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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Day After…

The day after the provincial election there a lot of people who are wondering: “What Happened to a BC NDP majority government?”

The day after the provincial election there a lot of people who are wondering: “Where were the Greens other than Vancouver Island?”

The day after the provincial election there are hundreds of ‘armchair quarterbacks’ trying to figure out why the pollsters, pundits and those-that-think-they-have-all-the-answers were so wrong on so many levels with their predictions that were 180 degrees away from the results.

The day after the provincial election we are looking at a new stronger mandate for the BC Liberal party, which means we get more of the same thing we have been used to for the past 12 years.

The day after the provincial election Adrian Dix can hold his head high because he stuck to his principles of running a clean campaign for the NDP, even if it lost the election for the party.

The day after the provincial election Jane Sterk can hold her head high because she did not waiver from her platform of making BC a cleaner, more environmentally friendly place to live, which pushed the Green Party to its first ever seat in the legislature.

The day after the provincial election Christy Clark won the provincial political war, but lost the battle for her own seat

The day after the provincial election our electoral system of ‘first-past-the-post’ has resulted in a majority provincial government which, in my opinion, is a dangerous thing as it potentially precludes meaningful debate and legislative votes become a Liberal Rubber Stamp.

The day after the provincial election life goes on as it did the day BEFORE the election – with fewer political advertisements.

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