B.C. NDP - Greens = Liberal victory Tuesday
“As citizens of the planet, it is our responsibility to put the planet before politics and urge the next B.C. government and federal politicians to do the same.”
Mike Harcourt, et al, Globe and Mail Online, Saturday, May 9, 2009
At a critical time, B.C. New Democratic Party leader Carole James decided it was expedient to put politics first, and tomorrow, it looks like she will pay the price.
The B.C. election campaign that wraps up today has been both shocking and inevitable. It was shocking, for example, that so many traditional New Democratic Party (NDP) supporters, from David Suzuki and Tzeporah Berman to (most surprisingly) former NDP Premier Mike Harcourt, should speak up in praise of Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell’s carbon tax.
And it was inevitable that the NDP would dismiss THAT as politics, making a strained claim for environmental high ground on the basis of the party’s other policies.
This article is another in Desmogblog's ongoing coverage of the British Columbia 2009 election. We believe this is key election in the history of Climate Change policy in North America. Click here to read more about why we are are covering this election in such detail.
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TAGS: bc election 2009, BC Liberal Party, bc ndp, Canada, carbon tax, Carole James, Gordon Campbell, Green Party, Mike Harcourt, Richard Littlemore
