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@Prominent_Bryan What happened with missing the payment thing? Was it just they mailed the payment but it arrived late?

Dianne Watts raised over 1m in 2018 (well ahead of everybody else) and she lost Also Milobar isn't having 'money problems' but you know that

@WardStamer Happy Easter Ward! 🐣 🥳

Easter is a time of warm wishes focused on hope, renewal, and springtime joy. May the miracle of Easter bring you peace and be a joyous reminder of God's love. And for the little ones, I hope the Easter Bunny delivers all your favorite treats. Safe travels to all this weekend.

@Prominent_Bryan Since they bought a ton of the tickets and their candidate is no longer going does that mean the seats will just be empty? How does that all work?

How to lose the Aaron Gunn endorsement in 1 day by saying your candidate would go to a debate, bought all the tickets and then backed out. World class campaign manager

@Prominent_Bryan I wonder if Christy Clark or maybe even Rita Johnson or Vanderzalm will get endorsing now 🤔 😅

Legit question: does this help in a leadership race in 2026 for a populist right-wing party? I feel this could literally hurt... Like this is the event you'd expect Kevin Falcon to host... Maybe I'm too cynical

Delays to the replacement of the Red Bridge? #Kamloops - #NorthThompson @BCConservCaucus MLA @WardStamer says they are, “Totally Unacceptable.” …uriouslookatpoliticsinbc.blogspot.com/2026/03/delays… #bcpoli

@BruceBanman Hope you got a chance to check out Desert Hills and the Taco stand! Some of the best food in the Interior!

Toured Ashcroft Terminal last week. A major inland port connecting CN and CP rail and helping move goods efficiently across BC. Also helping reduce truck traffic, congestion, and emissions. Impressive operation.

@pollingcanada @dan_cameron99 @MainStResearch Any idea how the weighted riding thing will impact the race? I’d assume Milobar will come ahead in the Interior ridings but Elliott will have a bit of support north of the Fraser

@dan_cameron99 @MainStResearch Follow the link to the report First, second, third choice, plus ranked ballot outcome included

📊 New BC Leadership Poll: Milobar and Elliott down to the wire. mainstreetresearch.ca/post/bc-leader…

@RMurphy24 @AJWVictoriaBC He got the Greens literally their best result in the history of the party, 16 or 17% of the vote vs like 8% last election 🗳️

@AJWVictoriaBC All due respect, but the party barely had a pulse with you in the big chair and then you made your ‘deal’ with the NDP and literally pinched its nose until it stopped breathing. Revisionism at its finest.

This is just ugly politics. It’s embarrassing, petty and frankly hypocritical. I thought greens wanted to do politics differently. I’m disgusted with what has happened to a party I rose from the dead back in 2013. and the two MLAs look just goofy endorsing this sort of conspiracy theory nonsense #bcpoli

@vancolour Could a former Premier like Campbell or Clark endorse a candidate? Would that have any impact?

Aside from Aaron Gunn or Pierre Poilievre, it’s hard to see another endorsement generating as much attention in the Conservative Party of BC leadership race as Harman Bhangu’s endorsement of Caroline Elliott… a testament to Bhangu’s political capital among party members.

These two Spanish towns sit just 25 miles apart across the Mediterranean, but reaching one from the other requires a 12,000-mile drive.

@Prominent_Bryan Milobars got a lot of the Interior MLAs (and quite a few former Interior MLAs) endorsements so I think he’ll be able to win a lot of the region, is the party doing a point system for rural ridings?

Btw, Elliott versus Milobar is interesting if you look at which region/city is searching for whom Pretty much what I was expecting

@PeterMilobar @SenNGreeneRaine Nancys a legend! Her and Al Raine built Sun Peaks into one of BCs best resort towns ⛷️

Nancy Greene Raine is on Team Peter Milobar. @SenNGreeneRaine served as a Senator for British Columbia from 2009 to 2018. Before entering public service, she was an Olympic champion skier, winning gold in the giant slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Nancy believes British Columbia needs experienced leadership that can grow our movement and build a strong caucus ready to form government. Want to join Nancy on my team? Sign up here: conservativebc.ca/milobar/

@LexsWorld @JasJohalBC Top contenders probably Elliot, Findlay, Milobar and Harman. Looks like a lot of the former BC Liberal establishment and most of the Conservative caucus is coalescing around Milobar so he definitely has a strong chance 🤔

@JasJohalBC Just off vibes & random polls it feels like Elliot was the original 'frontrunner' but now energy is shifting to anyone but her...Harman, Findlay, Jones...no amount of ads can make Elliot a true conservative...she just isn't one. Even with a good position on the land grab stuff.

NEW - With the BC Conservative leadership race heating up, so is fundraising. I'm hearing the Caroline Elliott campaign has raised $500,000 so far. Strong numbers in a tight fundraising environment. It'll be interesting to see how the other candidates are faring. #bcpoli #vanpoli

@n9roadman @ht_9944 Whistler just north of Vancouver already has the unique title as the most Australian town outside Australia 👀

@ht_9944 It should be Vancouver or Victoria, as close to equal distance as you can get between Canberra, Wellington, and London

What would you like the new capital of a CANZUK federation to be? As the new world, I pick Ottawa.

@EZRider5752 @JJ_McCullough Sort of, India and Pakistan went at it with the Kargil War in the 1990s after they both had nukes

@JJ_McCullough It’s more because of the staggering losses caused by WW2, the public doesn’t have the stomach for actual war. Right or wrong, idk. The nuclear age changed the game too. Two nuclear powers have never gone to war.

After Vietnam to 9/11 I feel like most US foreign policy was just conducted through bombings. But then after 9/11 there were these two horrible long controversial ground wars. So is the political lesson of the War on Terror as simple as “stick to bombings, never deploy troops?”

@by__brittany Milobar, Elliott and Findlay are pretty safe top 3. Peters got a solid chance especially in the 2nd+ round as he’s got a lot of caucus support and I could see him being a lot of peoples second choice if not first

Conservative Party of BC confirmed 9 Leadership Candidates have been approved! Who are your top 3?

@Prominent_Bryan Milobars definitely top 3. Also seems like the caucus pick. Since it’s a ranked ballot will be interesting to see how the final ballots fall

If you just want to see the results, go to this page: #tab-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">poll-maker.com/results5726909… Surprising results so far... Didn't think the Milobar campaign would even have the online presence to participate to such a poll lol

@Prominent_Bryan @TheChaosWeeber The Tories could also try and pick up a few more rural seats like Juan de Fuca-Malahat or Kootenay West (if you look how Trail and Castlegar went federally it’s pretty blue compared to provincial results) though of course battlegrounds will be Tricities (& maybe urban interior?)

@TheChaosWeeber Yeah my feeling is, short of a "change election because we hate Eby", this would be it and the battleground would be the tricities

Early assessment of the BC cons race. Sorry long post. Caroline Elliott: probably the current front runner, although this is based entirely on vibes and even if she's ahead, I wouldn't expect her to have a huge lead. She is obviously very smart and talented. Her message is strong, partially because 1) she has had that message for years (she didn't start talking about property rights yesterday) and 2) competent (mostly) team behind her. Downside would be that her team seems overly aggressive for no reasons. Look at how rattled they were this week with the mid (and expected) attack from Yuri about her past as a 'liberal'. Little bit surprising but they'll get their shit together. As an option for the BC cons, she is the low floor, high ceiling candidate. High ceiling if it's against Eby and things keep going badly (like she'd win in the suburbs even if losing some Surrey ridings). Low floor because if it's another 45%-44% race, I suspect her vote would be a lot less efficient (because of Surrey; Note: if you DM me telling me she is technically from Surrey, I'll block your sorry ass because you are too stupid to interact with). Yuri Fulmer: I thought he was fairly DAO, especially with the TFW stuff but I got proven wrong. I think his team has been BY FAR the most competent so far. They have made the right moves every turn, very impressive. The message they are going with, however, doesn't really work with this specific candidate. Like Yuri is obviously a centrist dude that knows how to do business. That means having land acknowledgements and what not because that's what a West Van businessman would have, until recently. I also know that while they have a good online presence, they mostly focus on signing people. So I would expect Yuri to be just behind Elliott at the moment. On paper they should split similar voters (naturally they should both attract former BC Lib, educated and rich) but they also both know they need the more right wing populist. Elliott's is more natural on this front but Yuri's team could pull an O'Toole. Iain Black: wasn't expecting much from him and his online presence is much smaller. Worth pointing out he's the only one who came out of the gate with the support of a caucus member (too bad it's CCP Wat but still). I've talked to him and was fairly impressed. I was expecting another disconnected Boomer who doesn't understand politics in 2026 but that wasn't the case at all. Also I have talked to multiple people who all told me they were impressed by him. It's possible that Black could create a surprise by doing the hard work on the DL (he will make 500 phone calls in a day if he needs to) and get a lot of second ballots. Long shot but doing better than expected. Peter Milobar: My understanding is that he's a genuinely nice guy who is appreciated by the caucus. Still, if that's the case, he should start getting endorsements, right? In a race with so many candidates who have never been elected, a strong argument should be "no time for someone to learn politics, we need experience". But for this, he needs support from the caucus. Unfortunately though, I can't imagine him winning because he's genuinely too liberal, especially on Indigenous stuff (the dude wants a new reconciliation act... like dude just say you want to lose if that's the case). There is a constituency for such a candidate but it likely tops at 15-20% max. Sheldon Clare: looks like the one who is most likely to actually propose policies. He won't win (doesn't have the organization for this) but he'll get a sizable support (like among gun owners, etc). I suspect he's running to ultimately endorse someone. KLF: She is a really, really bad for for a modern populist conservative movement. She can say she's a TRUE conservative and worked with Harper and Poilievre all she wants, a 70 years old woman is not gonna lead a movement mostly composed of 30-54 men without a university degree. In a race with so many little known candidates, her name recognition could help quite a lot. I don't see a path to 50% but she could be a king maker. Darrel Jones: the richest (I guess? Maybe it's Yuri) and most known candidate. Zero chances of winning, the guy clearly doesn't know how politics works. But he'll be able to put together a good team and fundraise. But a CEO of a grocery store leading a populist conservative movement? No way. This will be THE campaign to follow for entertainment value though. We'll see who announces this week. We are still lacking a representative the Common Sense wing, you know, the wing that actually built the BC Cons and destroyed BC United. Once we have such a candidate, I believe that candidate will have a chance by virtue of being the only one on that side. Looking further, I don't see any candidates that would guarantee a win for the BC Cons. I also think a lot of the conversation should be about who can keep the 2024 coalition (especially in Surrey where the realignment really, really changed the map) vs who would built a different coalition. Both can lead to a W but it sure is a hell of a lot easier to see that path by just keeping 2024 + a few seats. Someone like Elliott or Fulmer would bring back a voting coalition closer to the BC Lib one. That means losing seats in Surrey but making gains in the other suburbs. Again, totally possible, especially considering how unpopular Eby is getting, but it's a more risky approach. In any case, The BC NDP will likely start the next election slight favorite unless things really get bad (I maintain that 2024 was the worst years for incumbents in this country).

@CanadianPolling Anybody know what the percent is among Francophones vs Quebec as a whole?

Quebec separatism isn't going anywhere anytime soon

@RealAlbanianPat Do you think it be possible to create a riding remapper tool? I think it be very interesting to see how gerrymandered (or just slightly changed) ridings would vote. 🤔

You can search for any address and it will bring you to the poll that address is in, in a instant. This is extremely useful for election canvassing