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Group Seeks to Resuscitate ‘Mainstream’ BC United, Calls on Falcon to Quit as Leader
The grassroots network says BC United still has assets and membership authority, and it wants members to decide whether the party can be rebuilt.
- On Thursday, a group called Unite Liberal BC launched, seeking to revive the dormant BC United party and urging leader Kevin Falcon to step down. Organizers aim to provide voters with a "principled, mainstream centre-right alternative" in British Columbia.
- Despite shelving its campaign ahead of the 2024 provincial election, BC United remains a debt-free registered political entity. Lead organizer Carol Fielding argues that "four individuals are holding the keys" to the party, preventing democratic member governance.
- British Columbia's centre-right political landscape has fractured significantly, with various groups like CentreBC and the Peter Party emerging. Internal turmoil within the BC Conservatives has seen the caucus face nine resignations under leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay in the past month.
- Fielding described a step-by-step approach to reclaiming the party, asserting that the two-year window has passed and members should decide the future. She contends any deal Falcon made with the Conservatives in 2024 is void since John Rustad was removed.
- Premier David Eby's NDP remains favorably positioned as his rivals struggle to unify amid ongoing opposition fragmentation. Political observers note the centre-right has seen so many fractures it resembles "a mirror someone hit with a rock," leaving the party system increasingly crowded.
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A group of "former BC United and Liberal Party officials" launched the Unite Liberal BC network to "recapture" the BC United party.
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Group seeks to resuscitate 'mainstream' BC United, calls on Falcon to quit as leader
VICTORIA - Politics in British Columbia could be getting more crowded as a group tries to take over and revive the moribund BC United party, to give voters what they call a
·Winnipeg, Canada
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