BC Political Discussion: Election 2024 & 43rd Parliament

[Tysonbrown]

It's as if the BC Conservatives don't really want to win elections. Seriously?

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by casper

She defines SOGI as a villain, that she is going to save the day buy fighting. She wants to "Address violence, bullying, and chronic classroom disruption". Someone needs to explain to her that is what SOGI is all about.

Straight out of the American playbook - half the country's convinced that Obamacare is bad even if they like the Affordable Care Act.

That said, it was pretty crap messaging on the province's part, who could've easily gone with Anti-Bullying and Anti-Discrimination (ABAD?) and made the program 90% less targetable.

[kikin]

Originally Posted by kikin

I'm hoping Polymarket is wrong and I took the big odds on Findlay there recently. I've had some luck recently bucking the odds on Polymarket, the bettors there are often really wrong.

made huge on this

really happy to see Findlay win, gives me hope for the future here, she has some outstanding ideas and she has the will and the intelligence to get a lot of positive things done for this province if given the chance

[Migrant_Coconut]

She attacked her opponent for having the wrong-coloured wife and kids, and almost got kicked out of the race altogether for breaking election laws in '25. She is not a serious leader.

[kikin]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

She attacked her opponent for having the wrong-coloured wife and kids, and almost got kicked out of the race altogether for breaking election laws in '25. She is not a serious leader.

bs on the last as that was unfounded slander, and she simply had a legitimate concern of a conflict of interest due to ties to organizations involved in Indigenous governance and land claims. The possibility should be open for discussion in the same way other family-related conflicts are discussed in politics.

She is the best leader going forward for our province, and it isn't even close.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by kikin

She is the best leader going forward for our province, and it isn't even close.

Disagree, someone (anyone) who isn't beyond retirement age would be better... I thought we learned that having geriatrics running the government isn't a good idea?

[kikin]

Originally Posted by mcj

Disagree, someone (anyone) who isn't beyond retirement age would be better... I thought we learned that having geriatrics running the government isn't a good idea?

age is irrelevant in what she brings to the table and I strongly believe the province will be in a much better place after 4 years of her guidance

Eby is young and look at the disaster he has been

[mcj]

Originally Posted by kikin

age is irrelevant in what she brings to the table and I strongly believe the province will be in a much better place after 4 years of her guidance

Eby is young and look at the disaster he has been

Again, disagree that age is irrelevant, it's a job that requires someone who can make prudent decisions about the future quickly. We need someone sharp and not in mental decline. She'll be in her late seventies as Premier if she forms government after the next election.

Care to elaborate on what she brings to the table? This seems like an obvious miss over Caroline Elliott.

[whatnext]

Speaking of nuts running crazy right wing parties in BC:

Rainbow crosswalk in Surrey vandalized in what advocates call 'act of hate'
Surrey police are investigating
CBC News · Posted: Jun 01, 2026

....Amrit Birring posted the video showing him and two other men spray-painting the crosswalk.

Birring is the leader of the Freedom Party of B.C. He has run for various political positions in Surrey, including for MLA in the Surrey-Newton riding in 2024. He received 371 votes, representing 2.4 per cent of the vote, in that election.

The Freedom Party, according to its website, has a platform to stop SOGI 123, provincial education resources on sexual orientation and gender identity...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vandalism-surrey-rainbow-crosswalk-9.7219240

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by kikin

bs on the last as that was unfounded slander, and she simply had a legitimate concern of a conflict of interest due to ties to organizations involved in Indigenous governance and land claims. The possibility should be open for discussion in the same way other family-related conflicts are discussed in politics.

She is the best leader going forward for our province, and it isn't even close.

His wife is a part time receptionist for a band, and he's voted against the FN on several issues. Where have I heard this one before? Oh yeah: Donald Trump says judge in university court case biased by 'Mexican heritage'

Nope, she's just another underqualified Karen.

[seamusmcduff]

My worry is about how we tend to vote people out rather than in. Many people don't pay that much attention and likely won't realize just how socially conservative and conspiratorial the BC Conservatives have become.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Changing City

I wasn't aware of any calls for power from BC Hydro for ten years after Site C was approved. Have I missed something?

Of course, with the provincial government green washing of LNG, and new demand from AI Centres, they will now need additional (non-carbon) sources of power, but those are relatively recent developments.

Apparently they're quietly asking for gas contracts for power.

BC Hydro quietly seeks gas contracts as power shortage looms
BC Hydro seeks to extend contracts with two major natural gas plants—a proposal that would undermine regulations requiring B.C. to build a grid free of fossil fuels by 2030
Stefan Labbé
33 minutes ago

Faced with an electricity shortfall, B.C. Hydro is seeking to extend contracts with two major natural gas plants, a policy reversal that challenges one of the province’s core climate goals.

In a May 28 submission to the B.C. Utilities Commission, the utility seeks approval to pursue new agreements with Island Generation, a gas power plant at an old mill in Campbell River; and McMahon Cogeneration, a gas-fired facility in Taylor in northeastern B.C.

B.C. Hydro chief regulatory officer Chris Sandve said in the submission that electricity demand is expected to skyrocket with the rise of data centres, electric vehicles, economic growth and large industrial customers like mines and gas export terminals....

https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-pol...ntracts-as-power-shortage-looms-12366371

[Sheba]

B.C. government considering new hydroelectric project as energy demand grows

The B.C. government and BC Hydro say now is the time to invest in plans and projects to make sure that the system can meet rising energy demands.

Demand for electricity in B.C. is projected to grow by about 20 per cent by 2030 and roughly 50 per cent by 2050, according to BC Hydro.

Energy Minister Adrian Dix laid out a plan on Monday afternoon, detailing how BC Hydro could meet these needs, including investing more in hydroelectricity.

...

The province is exploring two potential sites for a new hydroelectric project — Site E and Homathko.

Site E, located on the Peace River, approximately 60 kilometres from the recently completed John Horgan Dam, formally known as Site C, could provide up to 750 megawatts of generating capacity and produce roughly 3,000 gigawatt hours of energy each year.

Homathko, near the Bute Inlet, would consist of up to four dams and three powerhouses and, depending on the configuration, could provide about 500 to 900 megawatts of capacity and 3,000 to 4,500 gigawatt hours of energy annually.

BC Hydro says the adjacent Southgate river system is also being considered for an additional 200 megawatts of capacity.

Transmission lines connecting the potential project site to the provincial grid at Williams Lake and Vancouver Island will also be investigated.

Meanwhile, BC Hydro is exploring other emerging technologies, including geothermal, biomass and utility-scale battery energy storage.

...

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by Sheba

B.C. government considering new hydroelectric project as energy demand grows

I'm a little shocked they're considering a Pacific outflow river for hydroelectric development. The Homathko is supposedly a salmon bearing river, the delta is covered in reserves, and the delta and Chilko Lakes are provincial parks. I can only imagine the protests against that project.

[Tvisforme]

Originally Posted by chowhou

I'm a little shocked they're considering a Pacific outflow river for hydroelectric development. The Homathko is supposedly a salmon bearing river, the delta is covered in reserves, and the delta and Chilko Lakes are provincial parks. I can only imagine the protests against that project.

According to Dix, the Homalco First Nation is the main proponent of the Bute Inlet proposal.

[kikin]

Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

My worry is about how we tend to vote people out rather than in. Many people don't pay that much attention and likely won't realize just how socially conservative and conspiratorial the BC Conservatives have become.

anything will be better than the ideologically insane crew we have in power here now

[seamusmcduff]

If you think Eby is "insane" compared to the shit the BCC is spewing, you really need to get out of whatever information bubble you're stuck in. I certainly don't agree with every decision he's made, but at least he's making decisions based in reality, and not on tiktok conspiracies and disinformation spread by white supremacists on Twitter.

[BaddieB]

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[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

My worry is about how we tend to vote people out rather than in. Many people don't pay that much attention and likely won't realize just how socially conservative and conspiratorial the BC Conservatives have become.

But as much as people want to vote out governments I doubt Findlay is going to grow whatever support they had in the last election (which was a kick the NDP out vote). If anything most Conservatives would want someone fiscally conservative and not whatever Findlay is smoking.

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

If you think Eby is "insane" compared to the shit the BCC is spewing, you really need to get out of whatever information bubble you're stuck in. I certainly don't agree with every decision he's made, but at least he's making decisions based in reality, and not on tiktok conspiracies and disinformation spread by white supremacists on Twitter.

I don't believe Eby makes all of his decisions based in reality either, personally. I kind of wanted the BCC to give me a good reason to hold my nose and vote for them as the lesser of two evils next election but with Findley in charge I still think Eby is probably the lesser of two evils.

Perhaps the BCC electing Findley was a blessing in disguise because if the BCC goes too far right and the NDP goes too far left there might be room for the centre to rise again.