BC voters are moving beyond their government
KAMLOOPS — May 9, 2017 – BC Liberals lose election. Confirming what many predicted would be a tight race; John Horgan leads the NDP to a victory of sorts with a minority government. Many are already speculating on the need for Horgan to form a coalition with the Green Party if he intends to hang onto power.
That could be the headline you see on the morning after May 9 and this is how I think Christy Clark’s government took that beating it wasn’t expecting. Matter of fact, it was the “wasn’t expecting” attitude that might be the key to this crash and burn the Liberals could actually experience.
As Joe Biden recently noted, “The public has moved beyond their government,” and it is something many governments and the BC Liberals in particular have failed to understand or accept.
The voters, with access to more information than ever before, have observed, learned and in many cases moved on. Despite this, many political parties have inexplicably remained frozen in a time warp, in a bygone era of information control and it is a world that no longer exists. The days of bluster, bafflegab, fake promises and sleight of hand announcements are gone.