FORMER federal cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal announced on Tuesday that he is organizing a liberal option positioned in the centre of the political spectrum to compete in the upcoming provincial general election on October 19.
Dhaliwal said: “A known Conservative in his role as Leader of BC United — formerly the BC Liberals — has effectively disbanded that party in a backroom deal designed to boost electoral prospects for the BC Conservatives, who previously were targeted as BC United’s political opponent. Unless a real ‘liberal’ alternative is reinstated, those free enterprise-, liberal-oriented British Columbian voters, party members, candidates and MLAs – who have been betrayed – will be robbed of having their preferred political choice on the ballot.”
He added: “Our province deserves better than a return to the dysfunctional bygone days when provincial politics degenerated into polarizing right versus left combat. B.C. cannot afford such a wrong-headed approach by the right to manipulate the process in order to impede the left.”
Dhaliwal said: “We have petitioned Elections BC to register the name ‘New Liberal Party of B.C.’ Our application for approval to revive a version of the liberal brand has encountered a roadblock we are fighting. Following receipt of legal advice to seek reversal of the rejection of our application on technical grounds by Elections BC, our lawyer, prominent Vancouver litigator Joven Narwal, K.C., has issued the attached letter. We trust that the compelling reasons it argues will convince the agency responsible for elections in our province of the obvious merits of approving the registration of the New Liberal Party of B.C.”
Dhaliwal is urging moderate, centrist voters to support this initiative by contacting Elections BC at 1-800-661-8683 or email: electionsbc@elections.bc.ca.
Dhaliwal is inviting all like-minded provincial liberals who believe in a ‘Middle Way Forward’ – from past MLAs and nominated candidates for BC United to former BC Liberal members, as well as members of the general voting public who want a moderate, centrist alternative on the ballot for the forthcoming provincial general election – to get involved, without delay.
LETTER:
Letter from JovenNarwalKC to Elections BC
