Van Isle Party leader positive despite lack of candidates
NANAIMO — The Vancouver Island Party hit B.C.’s political scene last summer with lofty goals and a wild platform, but with two months to go until the provincial election they have yet to declare a candidate.
Despite that, leader and founder, former Conservative MP Robin Richardson, remained positive about the progress his party has made. Richardson is standing by his goal of running a candidate in all 14 island ridings on May 9.
He said his party has had “a lot of interest,” especially north of the Malahat and has candidates in the works for several ridings. Richardson said Nanaimo is not one of those areas, noting they have yet to have someone step-up in the mid-island.
When the party went public last summer their long-term goal was to have Vancouver Island become Canada’s 11th province. Now Richardson is sharing a policy idea directed at students.