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EXCLUSIVE: Secret BC govt-Tahltan agreement aims to recognize Aboriginal title & cede unprecedented governance over one of Canada's richest mineral districts to a tiny Indigenous community... enabled by Ottawa. Deep dive by @PublicLandBC's @WarrenMirko & myself for @BeatNorthern
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Pretty shocking attempt to influence the local democratic process. Calling a provincial election on top of a municipal campaign was unprecedented, now David Eby is blatantly injecting @bcndp political agenda & campaign messaging into those contests as well.
.When asked on Wed if a concurrent provincial election would reduce municipal voter turnout, @Dave_Eby told @stephenquinntv this:
Eby: "[It}will give an opportunity for local govt leaders to pick a side...Are they on the side for their communities, building out the infrastructure, the roads, the ports...Or are they advocates and supporters of the Conservative approach...?"
Quinn: "You’re asking them to take sides, then. Either they support you or they support the Conservatives. Is that what you’re saying?"
Eby: "Absolutely not, Stephen. [What] direction do these local leaders want to take their communities?"
[cites tariff impacts on forestry sector and a ban on BC wood products into US]
"Are they going to respond to that with culture wars? [Are] they going to respond to that with trying to divide their communities?... Or are they going to respond to that by partnering with the BC govt, with the federal govt, moving forward?"
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Are you with us or against us?!!
The premier is so far out of his lane on this one, he is headed high-speed for a cliff.
Because that sounds like he's trying to pressure local govt candidates to tow his party's line, while simultaneously whistling to supporters to vote for those municipal contenders who do.
Which appears to be an attempt to influence the results of the local govt election in the NDP's favour, and drag municipal candidates into provincial campaign messaging. All of which would muddy the already murky waters of having simultaneous elections.
Another term for that is 'election interference.'
Like, what is going on here?!!
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.When asked on Wed if a concurrent provincial election would reduce municipal voter turnout, @Dave_Eby told @stephenquinntv this:
Eby: "[It}will give an opportunity for local govt leaders to pick a side...Are they on the side for their communities, building out the infrastructure, the roads, the ports...Or are they advocates and supporters of the Conservative approach...?"
Quinn: "You’re asking them to take sides, then. Either they support you or they support the Conservatives. Is that what you’re saying?"
Eby: "Absolutely not, Stephen. [What] direction do these local leaders want to take their communities?"
[cites tariff impacts on forestry sector and a ban on BC wood products into US]
"Are they going to respond to that with culture wars? [Are] they going to respond to that with trying to divide their communities?... Or are they going to respond to that by partnering with the BC govt, with the federal govt, moving forward?"
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Are you with us or against us?!!
The premier is so far out of his lane on this one, he is headed high-speed for a cliff.
Because that sounds like he's trying to pressure local govt candidates to tow his party's line, while simultaneously whistling to supporters to vote for those municipal contenders who do.
Which appears to be an attempt to influence the results of the local govt election in the NDP's favour, and drag municipal candidates into provincial campaign messaging. All of which would muddy the already murky waters of having simultaneous elections.
Another term for that is 'election interference.'
Like, what is going on here?!!
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Pretty impressive grilling of @Dave_Eby by @VijayVsaini on the motivation and messaging around the snap election call.
Aired on the Connect 91.5 FM Sver Wala show:
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My latest, on the mess in BC, and how we got here theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Where's the line between crafty campaign strategy and deliberate election interference?
My latest for @BeatNorthern
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The @bcndp campaign team must be lamenting that wildfire/build-a-firebreak messaging about now.
The first time most British Columbians would have ever seen @LDoerkson was when a news crew stumbled upon him, as a first-term MLA, in the middle of a wildfire pitching in to help folks facing the flames.
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David Eby's current chief of staff, Andrew Mercier, is the BC NDP candidate in Langley-Willowbrook. Mercier was elected in 2020 and served in cabinet but lost to Judy Toor (48.2% to 42.3%) of the BC Conservatives in 2024, who he will face again in this election.
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Elliott will run in the riding Conservative Lynne Block won easily in 2024 (BC Liberals/United had held it for most of the past 35yrs beforehand) and Block is moving to run in North Vancouver-Seymour where NDP's Susie Chant took 52% of the vote in 2024 (and won in 2020 as well)
We’re pleased to announce Caroline Elliott in West Vancouver - Capilano.
We’re unified and ready to bring the change BC deserves.
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Fran Yanor retweeted
New Democrats call news conf to expose problem of Conservatives having interim leader. David Eby called an unnecessary election 48 hours after resignation of KLF, leaving Conservatives no choice but to appoint interim leader. Eby govt has no sense of fair play or shame.
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The @bcndp social media forensic team must've come up dry on character assassination data if this is the best they can do against @LDoerkson. Also telling that lead campaign messenger @NikiSharma2 framed this imagined gotcha around NDP losing the election.
.@NikiSharma2 says @Conservative_BC "need to be clear" about their constitution, specifically pg 10, on how they would handle @LDoerkson should he defeat the NDP and become premier and whether it would require a leadership vote with 2/3 vote of membership and... (thud)
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Municipal officials all but begged @Dave_Eby not to hold a provincial election in the middle of a municipal race. Defying reason, he did it anyway. What if creating maximum confusion during both elections is the goal?
My latest in @BeatNorthern
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Confusion reigns in municipal races thanks to a concurrent provincial election. Mayors & councillors have shared with me stories of voters confused about which candidates are running for what, which election days pertain to which govt, & why both are happening at the same time
'Total disbelief': B.C.'s snap election throws curveball into municipal campaigns vancouversun.com/news/bc-sna…
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Fran Yanor retweeted
“It’s the right thing to do," says @JohnRustad4BC of his decision to retire from provincial politics.
@RobShaw_BC spoke with Rustad for @BeatNorthern
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This snap election call may live on as a cautionary tale for putting personal ambition over the public good. And could result in one of BC's most stunning underdog comeback victories of all time.
Vaughn Palmer: B.C.'s left-wing premier's snap election call unites the right vancouversun.com/opinion/col…
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Vaughn Palmer: Doerkson loses no time dealing with Eby’s allegation of Conservatives' Trump leanings vancouversun.com/opinion/col…
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If @bcndp try to pivot from their Conservatives-are-dangerous-Trump-sympathizers campaign strategy, the whole comms messaging might collapse into free fall. Seems they've hinged the imperative for an snap election on a catastrophized, imagined threat that no one can see but them.
.@Dave_Eby in Maple Ridge this morning trying to refine language a bit on snap elxn over @realDonaldTrump, saying "we're in an election because the conditions have changed" with US president's attacks, even though ppl have talking about Trump for a long time now.
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Appears @bcndp designed its campaign comms strategy against a leader who isn't there anymore. Trying to cast @LDoerkson as Trump-like is so badly off-the-mark from reality it is amateur, embarassing & deeply cynical of voters' intelligence.
The unintended consequence of David Eby’s election call was that it focussed the conservative party. And it focussed the attention on the new leader. And the first impression that he made on a great many people today was a positive one. Juxtapose that to the premier’s press conference and the dynamic has been set.
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