Departing health minister sees change as a powerful force in 2017 B.C. election
VICTORIA — Health Minister Terry Lake will be sitting on the sidelines, but he expects the winds of political change will be one of the strongest challenges facing B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government in May’s election.
After serving two terms as the member of the legislature for Kamloops-North Thompson, Lake isn’t running for re-election, giving him a different view of the coming campaign.
The Liberals have been in power since 2001 and the party is seeking its fifth consecutive mandate. Clark is seeking her second term as premier.
“That time-for-a-change message is a very powerful one,” Lake said in a recent telephone interview. “But you’ve got to ask yourself what does that change mean?”