Former BC Conservative caucus member Peter Milobar has now become the new leader of the CentreBC party.
A group of eight former BC Conservatives said on Friday that they are also joining CentreBC, which will become the third-largest in the B.C. legislature.
Milobar and six other recent Opposition Conservative defectors had said previously they would form their own party, but they will instead be joining CentreBC along with Eleanor Sturko, who was ejected from the Conservative caucus last year.
Mike Bernier says he’s stepping aside as leader of CentreBC to make way for Milobar, whose resignation from the Conservative caucus in August triggered an exodus.
“We are going to be hyper-focused on the economy of delivering affordability for British Columbians,” Milobar said.
“We’re going to be hyper-focused on health care and bringing that innovation and creative solutions into that sector so people can actually have a health care system they can rely on and cancer access they can really rely on.
“We’ll be hyper-focused around crime and safety in our streets to make sure people actually feel safe again. And that is what you’re seeing come together today.”
There is rampant speculation that B.C. Premier David Eby is going to call a snap election soon.
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Two weeks ago, Eby said he was busy preparing for the fall session, but on Wednesday he raised speculation about a fall election.
“We have a one-vote majority, so we’re election-ready as the NDP,” Eby said.
“Elections BC should be election-ready.”
BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay says she has removed three party members from caucus.
This comes after a summer series of scandals that saw nine BC Conservative MLAs quit the party, many citing issues with Findlay’s leadership.
Milobar said on Friday that now is the time for British Columbians to realize there is a new party on the ballot, especially if Eby is thinking of calling a snap election.
“It is simply ridiculous what is going on, let alone that it’s at the same time as a municipal election with critical elections happening for mayor and councils in Vancouver, in Surrey, in Richmond, in Kamloops, across this province,” he said.
“It just shows how desperate this premier actually is because he doesn’t feel that he can stand on his own record, let alone actually have solutions over the next two years before the next scheduled election to bring BC back to its rightful place as the top.”
Electioneering at its best Milobar.
Politics is a power to influence sport.
Politicians are all bought and sold out going in.
The financial stakes are high because the perks are plentiful if you win. Retirement living at its best.
If only BC adopted DIRECT PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY. Then the games change for citizens.
Mike Summers
Vanderhoof
I’m gonna need an absentee ballot…..how’s that work if I’m in Mexico?
The issue that need fixing: Healthcare, jobs(the forestry industry), and the firnat land grab. And lean a little further to the right!!!
Conservatives are a center right party. this has been a conspiracy from the beginning.
The actions of klf and her far right conservatives are the ones to blame. Because of her arrogance and short sighted vision a lot of (and I would bet a majority) of the new conservatives are leaving the party.
..this is not unexpected and MAY be a preview for PP and the Fed Con party. The far, far right maga/zealot elements have been demonstrated to be unelectable and have lost red tories and indies by the busload nationally. BC leans even far left so any hope the Cons have is to position themselves as close to the center as they can. IF Eby takes a page from Carney and moves to the right on a few, well chosen policies the Cons become unnecessary. Given the the current circus going on, Eby will likely call an election soon and has already made a commitment to build new ferries in BC, which touches on the Cons policies…stay tuned. Ignore the paid help with the deflections on here…
So what is there stance on DRIPA and land rights.
Yesterday’s party
Led by yesterday’s men
Looking to make tomorrow
Yesterday again
Another incarnation of the Socreds will split the conservative vote and we’ll end up with the NDP again. Congrats Milobar! Bloody opportunists…
These politicians were never conservatives. They will always be liberals,aka social credit, bc united,conervatives,and now, centre bc.. the only thing they believe in,is taking tax dollars for the pensions and perks
Thanks for splitting the vote and guaranteeing another NDP victory. CentreBC will never get my vote.
This was obviously the plan all along: take over the BC Conservatives, then when that didn’t work, jump ship and resurrect the unspeakable BC United party, a gang of waffling mush-bags that stands for nothing.
Attah boy. Split the vote so the commies get back in. Numb nuts.