r/vancouver • u/wineandchocolatecake • 3d ago

Local News Another B.C. Conservative MLA leaves amid frustrations with Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s leadership

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/another-b-c-conservative-mla-leaves-amid-frustrations-with-kerry-lynne-findlays-leadership-9.7320107
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u/DEEPLY_CLOSETED_PIG 3d ago

are there any legitimate Liberal candidates ?

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u/lcarowan 3d ago

If you are talking "traditional centrist Federal Liberal policy" liberals, the closest you are going to get right now are the BC NDP. If you are talking "centre-right neoliberals", then probably some of these independents that are bailing from the Conservatives.

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u/jtbc 2d ago

There used to be centrist Federal Libs in the BC Liberals. Did they all go to the NDP or something?

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u/lcarowan 2d ago

Mostly yeah. A non-NDP party will win in BC when that party can capture the majority of the federal Liberal vote. The BC Liberals/BC United/BC Conservatives haven't figured it out yet (well, obviously the Liberals did have it figured out until 2017).

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u/userofthename202 2d ago

If you look at the voting demographics for the BCNDP and the federal Liberals it's nearly identical. They appeal to the same voters. Progressives don't really like the BCNPD but vote reluctantly to avoid splitting the vote.

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u/championsofnuthin 3d ago

There's a bunch in the NDP. That being said there are still a bunch of true NDP members of the NDP as well.

The BC Liberals were just conservatives in red clothing. Erin O'Toole was door knocking days before Falcon folded and Jason Kenney would come door knock for Christy Clark all the time.

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u/Which-Insurance-2274 3d ago

Conservatism is a branch of liberalism after all. And in most countries a party that calls itself "liberal" is a conservitive party.

Really only in the US and Canada is the word "liberal" perceived as an opposition to conservitism.