Popular B.C. mayor downplays leadership talk

Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says his priority is being the best father he can, even as he leaves the door open to an eventual push for higher office. Global News has learned business leaders have been lobbying the mayor to lead a hypothetical right-of-centre party combining the BC Conservatives and BC United. Richard Zussman reports.

• PoCo mayor says ‘no’ to provincial jump as unite-the-right merger talk rages