Liberal Leadership Hopefuls Make A Stop In PG

Jan 26, 2018 | 10:41 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — A pair of Liberal leadership hopefuls are making a swing through Northern BC before the race comes to an end next week.

Todd Stone paid a visit to party-faithful in Prince George last night, while Michael Lee arrives this afternoon. We caught up with Stone earlier today. He spoke about the need to breathe new life into the Liberal party, to attract younger members. He says, as the only candidate from outside the Lower Mainland, he would be the one to bridge the rural-urban divide. 

As for the North, a Liberal stronghold, he would not turn his back.

“The economy of this province is still very much driven by and rooted in our resource sector. We cannot, for a second, take for granted the support that we have in communities like Prince George.”

Another leadership candidate, Michael Lee, will pay the region a visit this evening. Lee will be meeting with party members tonight between 6 p.m. eight p.m. at the Coast Inn of the North. Stone and Lee are in the leadership race along with Mike de Jong, Andrew Wilkinson, Dianne Watts and Sam Sullivan. 

Liberal party members will elect a new leader next week, with voting taking place between February 1st and 3rd.

 

Michael Lee has made the trek to the city, meeting with party members this evening.

He says, despite being the MLA is a large, Metro Vancouver riding, he is staunchly opposed to proportional representation.

“I am opposed to proportional representation. I believe every British Columbia  should have equal opportunity.”

He says, he is relatively unknown in rural BC, he has been part of the Liberal Party for years and knows what the party needs moving forward.

Lee says, while the Liberals may need some new life, he believes the mainstays of the party as they pertain to things like the economy, education and healthcare need to remain.