‘When you have polarization, compromise goes out the window’; Milobar takes aim at third-party status

“It’s not about being in that so called mushy-middle. We will be taking firm stands and positions on things, but we are trying to better reflect what everyday British Columbians are actually worried about on a daily basis,” Milobar told CFJC News. “And that’s not the culture wars of the far right and it’s not the extremism of the far left.”

Joined by Rosalyn Bird, Á’a:líya Warbus and Bruce Banman, the five-person caucus could see numbers increase as we approach a return to Victoria.

“I respect these are huge descison that MLAs are making and so I respect stuff is moving very fast and they are all coming up with their own timeline and decision-making,” added Milobar. “We will see, moving forward, whether or not there is more or not.”

Milobar and Bird were seen along opposite sides of the previous Tory opposition, marking a slight surprise that they are now united.

“Trying to build a structure and a vessel that we believe British Columbians are looking for and we don’t see it in the political spectrum at the moment,” said Bird.

“And then you come forward with various policies and positions on those issues, and it doesn’t mean it’s 100 per cent what I would like or what I would like to see happen. It means you actually have that give-and-take and little bit of compromise. But when you have polarization, compromise goes out the window,” said Milobar.

With third-party status comes money – funding for communications staff, researchers and more in Victoria, and equally as important, increased time during question period.

“We do want to have a permanent leader in place before we go into the legislature. That would be the one who takes us through the general election, so you are spending all that time building profile of the person who will be the leader,” said Milobar.

As for a name, the process is tied up with Elections B.C., with the group hoping to unveil a name soon.

by Michael Reeve

‘When you have polarization, compromise goes out the window’; Milobar takes aim at third-party status

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