BC Politics Thread 2026

MikeyLikey99 said: Another election of “hold your nose and vote”. Will be interesting to see how it all plays out tonight and into tomorrow. Early results are favouring the Cons Click to expand... Another douche vs Turd election.

looking forward to having a premier named Lorne "Dork"son. his experience working for the Black Press and as a "financial advisor" are going to go a long way! i wish i could say that i'm thrilled that he's raising the provincial basic taxable amount but i haven't paid personal income tax since the late 90's when i started to shield my income behind a corporation. of course, it would be nice to have a doctor but only the sweet looking girl was going to probably give me that. i've started flying out of country for medical stuff anyways.

Finally rid of lame duck Eby. NDP under him fucked things up about as much as it could be. Last straws, calling a stupid fucking election and saying they were going to add another few percent tax to "high income earners" where to them that meant someone just getting by in BC. I for one am just fine with the Conservatives under LD. Seems he got the alt right wing nuts to shut up.

The Vancouver City morgue looks more lively than NDP headquarters. Another fuktard bites the dust. Bye bye Eby. You won’t be missed.

Everyone going to be dying their hair back to normal color realll quick

The big question is whether the new premier will finally be able to afford a suit jacket that fits him.

well there you have it... the conservatives got 50k votes less than in the last election and the NDP 275k. i strongly suspect that NDP voters just thought it was a done deal. that there was no way that the conservatives were even in the running. the new premier announced today that he was attacking health care and the cost of living head on... just kidding. he installed the big oil lobby as his transition team.

I can understand the voters being really p$$$$$ off but that's not a reason to opt out of voting. i'm beginning to think the Aussies have the right idea.

Lorne Doerkson seems like a decent guy. With such a large majority, the far right members in his party probably won't have much influence (I hope).

Under the party constitution as it reads currently, Lorne cannot run for leader, because he's the interim leader. They are talking about changing it, to allow him to stay on, but it's not a done deal from the sounds of it, needs a super majority of members to change.

Forum mod said: Under the party constitution as it reads currently, Lorne cannot run for leader, because he's the interim leader. They are talking about changing it, to allow him to stay on, but it's not a done deal from the sounds of it, needs a super majority of members to change. Click to expand... This is true but I think He could still also be premier and not be the party leader. Either way, a leadership vote after a stupid election like this where people humbled the NDP for their hubris would be political suicide for the cons. If they want a good start and to keep the moderate voters (like myself) happy then they need to keep Lorne.

this will be worse than 4 years of Trump. at least they have mid terms in the US. expect usage fees for just about everything to sky rocket as they attempt to pay for the attacks on the progressive tax system. this is really the only consistent and meaningful policy difference between "left" and "right"... progressive taxation vs regressive taxation. that, and socializing the costs of free enterprise and privatizing the profits. but first things first, get the pipelines built to feed the international oil conglomerates. announcing huge investments in oil and gas subsidies. big enough so that no later government can walk away from it without writing off some devastating loss. its not all bad. oil to the west coast will mean we are less dependent on the US for that business. and independence is a good thing. the 1.2 million people without meaningful access to health care can eat cake! should be fun!

marsvolta said: this will be worse than 4 years of Trump. at least they have mid terms in the US. expect usage fees for just about everything to sky rocket as they attempt to pay for the attacks on the progressive tax system. this is really the only consistent and meaningful policy difference between "left" and "right"... progressive taxation vs regressive taxation. that, and socializing the costs of free enterprise and privatizing the profits. but first things first, get the pipelines built to feed the international oil conglomerates. announcing huge investments in oil and gas subsidies. big enough so that no later government can walk away from it without writing off some devastating loss. its not all bad. oil to the west coast will mean we are less dependent on the US for that business. and independence is a good thing. the 1.2 million people without meaningful access to health care can eat cake! should be fun! Click to expand... worst than trump,,, give your head a shake lad

marsvolta said: this will be worse than 4 years of Trump. at least they have mid terms in the US. (snip) Click to expand... sealion of bc said: worst than trump,,, give your head a shake lad Click to expand... Worse = comparative (two things): "This option is worse than that one." Worst = superlative (three or more): "This is the worst option of all." In this case I believe "worse" is correct. 😏

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marsvolta said: this will be worse than 4 years of Trump. at least they have mid terms in the US. expect usage fees for just about everything to sky rocket as they attempt to pay for the attacks on the progressive tax system. this is really the only consistent and meaningful policy difference between "left" and "right"... progressive taxation vs regressive taxation. that, and socializing the costs of free enterprise and privatizing the profits. but first things first, get the pipelines built to feed the international oil conglomerates. announcing huge investments in oil and gas subsidies. big enough so that no later government can walk away from it without writing off some devastating loss. its not all bad. oil to the west coast will mean we are less dependent on the US for that business. and independence is a good thing. the 1.2 million people without meaningful access to health care can eat cake! should be fun! Click to expand... I take it you voted for Eby and more massive deficits, hospital emergency room closures, giving free drugs to addicts, continuing the DRIPA fiasco, etc. etc. There is Dumb, and then there is Dumberer.

PuntMeister said: I take it you voted for Eby and more massive deficits, hospital emergency room closures, giving free drugs to addicts, continuing the DRIPA fiasco, etc. etc. There is Dumb, and then there is Dumberer. Click to expand... What happens if you don’t give uncontaminated drugs to addicts on or off the streets? Would the death rate start to escalate rather alot? Addiction needs multi-layered thought, surely. Addicts come from all walks of life.

Bridge said: What happens if you don’t give uncontaminated drugs to addicts on or off the streets? Would the death rate start to escalate rather alot? Addiction needs multi-layered thought, surely. Addicts come from all walks of life. Click to expand... The free drugs just created more addicts. Cured nobody. Overdoses continue. Another failed NDP program. No government should be in the illegal norcotics distribution business. Street safety has deteriorated horribly under the NDP. The people voted for accountability, not ongoing il-advised enablement of crime, regardless of demographics.

PuntMeister said: The free drugs just created more addicts. Cured nobody. Overdoses continue. Another failed NDP program. No government should be in the illegal norcotics distribution business. Street safety has deteriorated horribly under the NDP. The people voted for accountability, not ongoing il-advised enablement of crime, regardless of demographics. Click to expand... The government is in the drugs business with BC Liquor Stores. Perhaps that is a better safe supply model to use?

Bridge said: The government is in the drugs business with BC Liquor Stores. Perhaps that is a better safe supply model to use? Click to expand... Yup. Tax grab. Because liquor is a legal non-narcotic. It was argued distribution of liquor was also a natural monolpoly where the government could control costs and enforce distribution to responsible adults only. Turns out the liquor taxes prop up the innefficiencies of a government controlled workforce, but we still have private liquor stores for convenience and selection. But Safe Supply of narcotics turned out to be a failed policy, with Eby finally abomdoning it and moving toward involuntary care after his il-fated wasteful SRO experiments. There is no doubt that alcohol abuse can cause harm, yet society largely tolerates it. Society though is fed up with people shooting up on the streets in public places making their neighbourhoods and workplaces unsafe. Feeding drug addicts free drugs didn’t work and broadened the harm rather than reducing. Opening up all the liquor stores for free booze would be a bad idea too. Duh.