Only 99 days

[Meds]

Gonna be a curious one to watch.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Wow, nice result.

[donlever]

That's what one might term as emphatic.

[rikster]

Gotta say that I'm not sure if I'm more relieved than happy with the outcome...

Running a campaign full of "will do's" with few "have done's" after governing for so long is another way of saying its time for a change...

Coalition Governments around the world have proven they can be an effective way to govern, so the notion that a slim majority can't work was another reason for change ...

[Meds]

Now, does the NDP follow through with their campaign-time threats of taking this to the courts after the Conservatives won?

[donlever]

Be a bad move when they've just been slaughtered.

But.

They are good at that bad move thing.

The NDP would be best served to lick their wounds, shut the fuck up and reorganize.

[Meds]

Agreed. I hope they make the bad move.

[BCExpat]

Agreed. I hope they make the bad move.

Times are changing. BC gets a conservative government and Alberta seems to be heading for an NDP government. The NDP is up about 4 points on the UPC at the moment. Things could change after the UPC November Convention, if they decide to turn on Danielle Smith.

[5thhorseman]

Agreed. I hope they make the bad move.

I don't follow provincial politics much, so took a look at this. This doesn't appear to be an option for the NDP, as any challenge to Doerkson's leadership could only come from the party's own members. The NDP would not have standing to bring a suit. And even if they could, it would only change the Conservative leadership and not the election results. And then Conservatives would obviously just hold a leadership convention and elect Doerkson as leader.

Anyways, why would you cheer on the NDP making a bad move? Democracy works best when there are two competent, reasonable, well-supported parties keeping each other in check, rather than parties on each end of an extreme. We saw how free the NDP were with their spending when there wasn't a legit opposition threat. Apart from fiscal policy I lean slightly left, so I'm not disappointed that Eby was made accountable for his decisions.

[Meds]

Agreed. I hope they make the bad move.

I don't follow provincial politics much, so took a look at this. This doesn't appear to be an option for the NDP, as any challenge to Doerkson's leadership could only come from the party's own members. The NDP would not have standing to bring a suit. And even if they could, it would only change the Conservative leadership and not the election results. And then Conservatives would obviously just hold a leadership convention and elect Doerkson as leader.

Anyways, why would you cheer on the NDP making a bad move? Democracy works best when there are two competent, reasonable, well-supported parties keeping each other in check, rather than parties on each end of an extreme. We saw how free the NDP were with their spending when there wasn't a legit opposition threat. Apart from fiscal policy I lean slightly left, so I'm not disappointed that Eby was made accountable for his decisions.

Apparently they cannot elect Doerkson as leader. The article I read that reported Eby's NDP as saying they will use every legal means to fight a Conservative win also mentioned that the Conservative Party rules state that an interim leader must be someone who will NOT run for the official party leadership.....it also stated that there is no law or policy in government that states that the Premier has to be a party leader. Doerkson could remain Premier but not the leader of the Conservative party or something.

It's all convoluted.

I agree, there's no legal challenge that the NDP could bring, but attempting to do so would probably harm their reputation and further alienate the electorate.