Straight
Date: August 3rd, 2020
By: Charlie Smith on
COMMENTARY
Let's face facts—the B.C. NDP government is in power and John Horgan is premier because
Lee Teng-hui served as president of Taiwan from 1988 to 2000—with the final four years as the country’s first democratically elected head of state.NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Several long-time B.C. Liberal seats fell to the NDP because of the party's extensive efforts to woo the Iranian, South Asian, Korean, and Taiwanese communities.
Here are just a few of the constituencies where this might have turned the tide in favour of the NDP: North Vancouver–Lonsdale, Vancouver-Fraserview, Surrey-Panorama, Surrey-Fleetwood, Burnaby North, Burnaby–Deer Lake, Burnaby-Lougheed, and Coquitlam-Maillardville.
But in power, Horgan hasn't always hit the right notes in maintaining this momentum, which changed the electoral dynamics in B.C. [FULL STORY]
