WATCH: Sources tell Global News that Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West has been approached about leading a potentially merged BC United-Conservative party.“ has hitched his brand on being a little bit populist, a little bit common sense. He has cast himself as an alternative to the NDP,” UBC political scientist Gerald Baier said.
“The weakness of the BC United group right now is showing itself. And the ability for the BC Conservatives to take advantage of the federal party’s popularity has made this much closer to a two-way race,” Abacus pollster David Coletto said.Wildfire evacuation order issued for parts of Fort McMurrayFormer B.C. premier Gordon Campbell has been asked to act as a go-between with BC United and the Conservative Party of BC to see whether any agreement is possible.
A poll by one of the people pushing West to consider provincial politics shows the Port Coquitlam mayor with a plus-27 favourability rating. According to the latest Abacus poll, Eby’s rating is a plus-13.“A merger wouldn’t make BC United or whatever they would be called the winner automatically but it would make it more competitive and put a lot more heat on the NDP,” Baier said.When asked broadly about merger talks on Tuesday, Falcon said his party is running 93 candidates in the next election.
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