Hugs, kisses not in cards for Valentine’s Day start at B.C. legislature
VICTORIA — Romance is not in the cards for British Columbia’s politicians who return to the legislature Valentine’s Day for a throne speech that sets the stage for a provincial budget and a scrappy spring election, say political experts.
Premier Christy Clark’s Liberals are coming back rattled over a website hacking affair of their own making, while the New Democrats are looking to raise the profile of their leader, John Horgan, say political scientists Hamish Telford and Michael Prince.
Green party leader Andrew Weaver is expected to continue offering his party as the alternative to the feuding Liberals and New Democrats.
“I don’t know who’s going to get roses or chocolates,” said Prince, a public policy expert at University of Victoria. “This brouhaha of this (past) week is just an example of the kind of edge people are on.”