Only 99 days

[2Fingers]

Eby went from "We'll be introducing amendments to DRIPA in the next session" - December

to "the vote on amending DRIPA will be a confidence motion"- 2 weeks ago

to "the vote on amending DRIPA will not be a confidence motion" - a week ago

to "we won't be amending DRIPA" - yesterday

BC is no longer run by an elected government, we have a Hereditary Chief.

I wonder how many NDP members and supports attended "No King" rally's?

If the conservatives could get a proper leader they will wipe NDP off the map. Unbelievable how Eby looks and the NDP.

[Cousin Strawberry]

That EB dude looks like Steve Carell in the 40 yr old virgin

[Topper]

Vaughn Palmer, looking like an old wino, nail it.

The threat of blocking highways and railways made Eby back off.

Mob violence or the threat there of, carried the day

[Topper]

On the Musqueam-Ottawa Aboriginal title agreement, Eby claims he knew nothing about it and was only invited to the signing ceremony as the local MLA.

Documents now show he wrote a support letter for the Musqueam and his invitation to the signing was addressed to the Premier and sent to the Premier's office.

Yesterday he claimed giving land to the indigenous is more difficult than handing out free opioids.

[Topper]

If gravely ill and in his prayers, MLA Phillips dies, will Eby have his votes on DRIPA.

Will he husband be investigated under MMIW?

[Topper]

Conservative Leadership debate last, listened this morning

First with all candidate present. The Conservative purity contest continues.

Milobar - low key, competent, only sitting MLA on the stage. Took shot because of his past with BC Liberal/BC United but shrugged them off competently. Went back to WAC and Bill Bennett references for unity on the right.

Black - slick, competent, very well spoken. Maybe too slick. Shed criticism with humour and politician honesty.

Fulmer - not much unique to say except he's ceding 5 seats in the contest to One BC's Dallas Brodie. No idea what seats or who chooses. What happens if One BC doesn't win those seats? Attack dog on Elliot was his goal.

Elliott - attacked from all sides all night, especially from Fulmer. Spoke in rehearsed set pieces. If you have watched Kori Tenyke, her campaign manager, also managed Doug Ford's campaign, as a CTV pundit, the phrasing was straight from his mouth. Tried to play the outsider but was in trouble with her lack of experience. There is a reason her campaign is heavily stage managed away from open forums. Opponents feasted on her Ontario managed campaign, Kevin Falcon (brother in-law) ties, the way she avoided the 1st debate (interesting, Milobar wasn't really targeted on this), her backing off of bringing down the NDP when Eby planned the DRIPA vote as a confidence vote and her endorsement by Eby for skipping the 1st debate. She also repeatedly denied statements she'd previously made. Her fresh faced optics and slick messaging may appeal to the casually political West Van housewife set that Federally votes Liberal but won't vote NDP provincially (maybe Green though). how many of those are voting in the leadership campaign?

Findlay - competent, likely the worst speaker of the group. Touts her Federal Conservative cabinet experience under Harper and the fact she's never been a BC Liberal/BC United member. She was the loudest on the Conservative purity tests.

Milobar and Black were clearly ahead but Elliott's slickly managed campaign has everyone worried.

[donlever]

Black reminds me of Poilievre a bit.

Elliott reeks of Carney to me.

Acknowledging my personal limited data base on each currently but I like Milobar best thus far.

[Topper]

Thinking a bit more

Elliott's scripted talking points got her the short social media clips her campaign is geared for without the rebuttals proving her wrong. As LBJ said, "make the bastards deny it."

I think Milobar comes across closest to Trevor Halford, the interim leader, in presentation. Low key competence. Got his points across clearly, succinctly and without drama.

[Topper]

Elliot campaign posted a post debate picture of her holding a beer, captioned, well earned after the debate victory.

She's holding up a Corona, not a BC beer. During the debate she championed her stance on BC jobs only to be countered on her imported campaign staff.

Reminds me of doing a catering gig at the US consular residence, a fund raising for the Vancouver Art Gallery. Art Gallery staff showed up with several cases of French wine left over from a previous function. The US Consul took us down into the basement as he selected several cases of California wine he thought would be more appropriate.