Introduction

2011 Election Results

It is no secret that the politics of the left are in a state of disarray in this Country. 


The outcome of the May 2011 election was almost unthinkable to me. I had only been living in Western Canada for 6 months but was starting to get the sense that the politics of my adoptive homeland are not always that of my own. The problems do have their roots in western alienation, however it is a tired premise that does not have much relevance today. 


Conservatism has taken the west by storm. The BC Liberal party is anything but liberal, scantly resembling any Liberal political movement back east. 


The antics of the BC Liberal party certainly have ruined the brand in British Columbia which has further sullied the reputation of the Federal Liberal brand making people turn even more to the right.


The term left coast is now owned uniquely by the United States and does not apply to Canada if the above image is any indication. It is my hope to offer a left of centre perspective to BC politics, Canadian politics, US politics and anything else that might be on my mind at any given time.