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By Richard Hughes, on June 15th, 2017 It may be a cool and soggy morning, but politically speaking things are heating up. The diversionary focus surrounds the issue of speaker. The Christy Clark BC Liberals profess that they are just playing by the rules, but that is more than a bit of a stretch.
They failed to win a majority from the May 9th election and while the BC NDP and BC Greens are prepared to govern we remain rudderless, at sea with Christy Clark still in the captain’s chair.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170615195358im_/http://richardhughes.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Christy-Caught-300x225.jpg) Christy Clark
The BC Liberal’s game is to stall, attempt to divide the Horgan-Weaver pact and create the impression that their efforts to actually form a government are doomed to fail.
Pay attention to Norman Spector’s role in this high stakes play.
The sly and entrenched former Gordon Campbell Chief of Staff and strategist may have disclosed internal discussions with his Green party client, according to Andrew Weaver, when he suggested that installing a BC Liberal as speaker predicated the Greens agreement to align with the BC NDP to defeat the BC Liberals and form a working alliance.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170615195358im_/http://richardhughes.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/norman_spector-300x200.jpg) Norman Spector
Spector’s twitter comments seemingly sparked much of the discourse regarding the matter of the speaker.
Yesterday Weaver stated although a BC Liberal speaker was desirable, it was not a deal breaker. He emphasized during a Horgan-Weaver press conference that he remains committed to establishing a new BC NDP led government without further delay.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170615195358im_/http://richardhughes.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_20170614-BPD-Weaver-Horgan-speaker-300x200.jpg) Andrew Weaver and John Horgan
Premier Christy Clark has agreed to appoint a speaker when the legislature is convened June 22nd. In any case it is the legislature that chooses the speaker which may or may not be the choice of the sitting premier.
The role of speaker is key to a functioning legislature and traditionally the appointment runs for four years, not at the whim of the premier.
This is where the puck might hit the sidewalk. If the term is entrenched then a new government would see 43 BC Liberals-minus the speaker at 42, the NDP at 41 and the Greens with 3. That is enough to form and run a government.
Who knows what will transpire between now and the June 22nd legislative session, but as it stands now democracy has been beggared by the Clark Liberal’s stalling and game playing. Somebody call the cops!
By Cynthia Lockrey, on June 15th, 2017
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Supreme Court of Canada Denies CVRD Application for Leave
Duncan, BC – The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed today the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s (CVRD’s) application for
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By Richard Hughes, on June 14th, 2017
By Liza Yuzda Reporter/Legislative Bureau CKNW
Growing frustration on the part of BC NDP leader John Horgan and BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver. The pair accusing Christy Clark of hanging onto
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By Marcella Bernardo, on June 14th, 2017
Originally posted by News 1130.com
by MARCELLA BERNARDO
BC NDP Leader John Horgan (L) and BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver. (Photo via Twitter: @jjhorgan)
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) — It’s
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By Tom Fletcher, on June 14th, 2017
UPDATE:
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By TOM FLETCHER
Premier Christy Clark is stalling and hanging onto power by refusing to keep a legislature speaker in place after her government is defeated,
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By Richard Hughes, on June 14th, 2017
In British Columbia, we are living through what is probably the most complex and intriguing political event of our lives. The recent May election produced a dog’s breakfast that saw 43 BC Liberal’s, 41 BC
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By Richard Hughes, on June 14th, 2017
Recall the days of hope, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dismantling of nuclear capabilities. Then USSR President Gorbachev and US President Ronald Regan had agreed, but then the US reneged with
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By Richard Hughes, on June 12th, 2017
David Bond reveals and explains the sleight of hand economic treachery of the BC Liberal governments in plain english.
Too many of our corporate media figures reference the balanced budgets and strong economic performance
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By Richard Hughes, on June 12th, 2017
Canadians are being ripped off by greedy doctors and do nothing regulators. Under attack from the outset, our medical services are neither what they should be, or even what they once were.
It was not
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By Richard Hughes, on June 9th, 2017
One very long month ago British Columbian’s went to the polls and 57 percent voted against the ever-grinning Premier Christy Clark.
Voters rejected the financially ruinous and unnecessary Site C Dam, the Kinder Morgan expansion,
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By Richard Hughes, on June 8th, 2017
Seems Christy Clark is trying to suck BC NDP leader John Horgan and BC Green leader Andrew Weaver into a political game of chicken over the controversial Site C Dam project.
Horgan and Weaver have
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By Nita Bhalla, on June 8th, 2017
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Clad in black sweatpants, red jackets and white helmets, the hundreds of cyclists pedaling the treacherously steep, narrow mountain passes to India from Nepal could be
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By Richard Hughes, on June 4th, 2017
It was indeed a wonderful thing to wake up on this beautiful sunny Cowichan Valley morning, make some coffee and then read this report by Martin Lukacs.
By early July we may be able to
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By Emma Gilchrist, on June 3rd, 2017
John Horgan is the leader that we have been waiting for. He is the leader for the rest of us.
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Emma Gilchrist is executive
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By Richard Hughes, on June 3rd, 2017
It was a pleasant surprise to see this piece by one the Cowichan Valley’s better reporters from the now-defunct Cowichan News Leader. Ms Coppard covered the political beat in the Valley back in the old
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By Richard Hughes, on June 3rd, 2017
Former employees at Canadian financial institutions told a CBC Go Public investigation that it was common to doctor documents in order to earn money, despite the fact they could seriously affect clients’
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By Richard Hughes, on June 2nd, 2017
It appears that we may be heading into a major political showdown with PM Justin Trudeau and Alberta’s Premier Rachel Notley over the Kinder Morgan expansion plan.
BC’s political climate is split with the BC
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By Richard Hughes, on June 1st, 2017
Nice to read this story about pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and POS receivers organizing union representation at pharmacies throughout Vancouver Island. Cobble Hill’s Valley View pharmacy has been our ‘Drug Store’ for years and
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By Richard Hughes, on May 31st, 2017
This is a timely and relevant piece from Justine Hunter that is a must read for British Columbians. She fills in some of the blanks that political watchers have and yet leaves the door very
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By Rafe Mair, on May 31st, 2017
Originally posted on the Commonsense Canadian
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It will be a much postponed verdict but my initial reaction to the NDP-Green deal is positive.
Whether so motivated or not, Andrew Weaver
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By Klaus Brinkbaumer, on May 31st, 2017
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By Andrew MacLeod, on May 30th, 2017
Agreement details how parties will cooperate.
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By Martyn Brown, on May 30th, 2017
How fantastic is that? Sanity, principle, and integrity triumphs!
Barring some last-minute shenanigans from Premier Christy Clark, British Columbians will indeed get the new Green-backed NDP minority government they deserve.
Exhale, everybody. The good
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By Richard Hughes, on May 30th, 2017
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By Richard Hughes, on May 29th, 2017
Well, there you have it. Andrew Weaver and John Horgan have agreed to work together and bring in legislation that reflected their campaigns.
The Greens will retain their own caucus but will
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By Richard Hughes, on May 28th, 2017
Watching BC Green leader Andrew Weaver stretching out his time in the sun underlines that his flip-flopping around between BC Liberal leader Christy Clark and BC NDP leader John Horgan is more about gaining attention
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By Richard Hughes, on May 26th, 2017
When pollsters and many pundits called for a tight race, in this historic BC election, they got it right. Although the bookies could be in for a bumpy ride as they wind down the
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By Richard Hughes, on May 25th, 2017
BOB RAE Special to The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, May 25, 2017
Bob Rae is senior partner at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP, teaches public policy and law at the University
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By Richard Hughes, on May 25th, 2017
BC Green leader Andrew Weaver
Weaver’s stalling over who to support is revealing. How tough a question is that?
How long do you think it would take John Horgan to process and respond
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