The Conservative Party of B.C. has made a “splash” in its return to the Legislature, said political scientist Gerald Baier — but whether that will be followed by strong numbers come election time remains to be seen.
One thing political watchers seem to agree on is that the rise of the B.C. Conservatives puts current Opposition party B.C. United, formerly the B.C. Liberal Party, on shaky ground.
BCUP is mostly just trying not to completely implode after the disaster that was Christy Clarke. They’ll continue to be pretty centrist and extremely neoliberal.
I don’t think I’d call United ‘centrist.’ Centre-Right, maybe, but in 2020 they sure came out swinging as Cons. Jane Thornthwaite and Laurie Throness alone made them look like (Canada Light) American Republicans.