Is David Eby’s Early Election Call Backfiring?
Real Talk Ryan Jespersen

Is David Eby’s Early Election Call Backfiring?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 29, 20261 hr 15 min

David Eby's early election may not work out as he planned. Ryan and Supriya check in with Mo Amir, host of This is VANCOLOUR, on the heels of a tough first week on the campaign trail for B.C.'s premier (15:00). We lead off with a look at a white nationalist rally on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve, just east of Kamloops (4:30). Plus, what happens if interim Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson wins the election - does he still need to officially win the party leadership (34:00)? How are B.C.'s parallel municipal and provincial elections influencing each ot...

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You know, it's an election that no one wanted. I said back in June that Premier David Ebe would lose to a ham sandwich at a vegan potluck. The thing is, he was up against a turd sandwich in Carrie Lynn Finley. And he probably gassed himself up thinking that, oh, here's a great chance to turn my

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slim one-seat-ish majority into a supermajority, into a much larger majority, and extend my time for another two years. So I think there was a bit of hubris in David E.B. deciding to call this election without recognizing that British Columbians were deeply unsatisfied with his government on virtually every single file.

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