By James Peters

Authors of behind-the-scenes account of B.C. politics to visit Kamloops

Apr 4, 2018 | 12:55 PM

KAMLOOPS — The authors of a best-selling book detailing the lead-up to last spring’s historic provincial election will be in Kamloops this week.

‘A Matter of Confidence’ opens with the implementation of the Harmonized Sales Tax by the Gordon Campbell-led B.C. Liberal government shortly after the 2009 election.

From there, the book traces Christy Clark’s rise to the leadership of the Liberal party, the election of John Horgan as leader of the B.C. NDP, and the stunning election in 2017 that saw the Liberals win the most seats and popular vote, but lose control of the legislature to a partnership between the NDP and B.C. Greens.

Vancouver Sun legislative columnist Rob Shaw and then-CBC legislature reporter Richard Zussman combined to tell the tale.

Zussman later moved from the CBC to Global News.

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The book is based on about 70 interviews with political insiders and observers.

‘A Matter of Confidence’ has been the number-one B.C. bestseller for the two weeks since its release, and reached the top-10 Globe and Mail Bestseller list for Canadian non-fiction.

Shaw and Zussman have scheduled a book-signing event at the Kamloops Chapters book store on Friday, April 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.