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Stephen Maher
By Stephen MaherAugust 29, 2024
Stephen Maher
Stephen Maher is an award-winning investigative journalist, a Harvard Nieman fellow, and the author of three novels. He has a BA in international development studies from the University of Kings College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has lived in Jamaica, Japan, France, and the United States, and has traveled widely around the world, sometimes on his own sailboat. He speaks French and is working on Spanish.
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British Columbians were shocked on Wednesday when the leader of the center-right opposition party announced that he would dissolve that party and encourage voters to support the Conservatives to get rid of the NDP government.

Kevin Falcon won the leadership of the B.C. Liberal Party in 2022 and changed the name of the party to B.C. United. Later that year, he expelled legislator John Rustad for expressing skepticism about climate change. Rustad went on to lead the Conservatives, who Falcon is now endorsing.

The announcement, which was carried out on Falcon’s initiative without consultation with his members, came as a shock to the party’s candidates and will make the upcoming election campaign unusual.

British Columbians are to vote on Oct. 19. The governing New Democrats have been leading in the polls, but historically, right-of-center parties win when they are united. Everyone will be watching the polls in the days ahead to see how Falcon’s gambit lands.

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