According to her campaign materials, Liberal candidate Stephanie McLean might sound like a Liberal candidate who could appeal to working-class voters in the Vancouver Island riding of Esquimalt–Saanich–Sooke.
But McLean’s allegiances can be difficult to peg down. After leaving the Alberta NDP, McLean became a donor supporting Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives in 2023 and decided only a month ago she would now be running for the Liberals in BC.
Some members of BC’s labour movement also say McLean, who has represented employers in labour disputes, has a questionable history representing the interests of workers in BC given her past ties to a union that has been ostracized by the province’s labour movement as well as influential “anti-union” figures in the province.
Mark Carney couldn’t even be arsed to name a Minister of Labour. The Liberals under Trudeau broke multiple strikes and there’s little reason to believe the Liberals under Carney will be different. Under either the LPC or CPC we have at best striking privileges.
Yup, choosing Carney this election is just to head off PP. Cuz PP will be a disaster for this country.
All we can do is try to push Carney to push thru electoral reform like Trudeau promised and failed.