Thursday, January 6, 2011

Provincial Political News - Thurs Jan 6th edition

1) Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali announced today that he wants to be Leader of the Opposition & BC NDP Leader - see here & here

2) Vancouver Province political columnist Mike Smyth reviews the current status of the BC Liberal/BC NDP Leadership races - see here

3) Vancouver Sun political columnist Vaughn Palmer reviews how Mike De Jong's handling of the $6 million pay-out for Dave Basi/Bob Virk's legal fees could hurt his chances to winning the BC Liberal Leadership race - see here

4) Vancouver Sun local government affairs columnist Jeff Lee reviews how statements from BC Liberal Leadership Candidates threaten proposed changes to local gov't election rules (note - changes were endorsed by local governments earlier this year).  See Mr. Lee's column here

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