BC NDP Convention Day 3, Moe Sihota elected as new party president

Walked into the convention this morning to hear the final points being made on the Resolution G2009-01 Regular Leadership Review. After the final comment I heard, the familiar refrain, “Call the question.” The question was called, and carried. So in two years, at the next convention, there will be leadership review. You have to wonder of [...]

BC NDP Convention Part 2; Leadership review policy

I managed to have a chat with Harry Bains, MLA for Surrey-Newton and I asked him about the move to having regularly scheduled leadership reviews. His response was that it is a healthy move to have regular reviews of the leadership because that takes away the drama and intrigue about whether there should or should [...]

The Left Coast set to live-blog NDP Convention 2009

The Left Coast is registered to attend the BC New Democrat’s 2009 convention as a blogger. We will be bringing you live up-dates as the excitement unfolds. As most convention attenders realize, at times, live-blogging a convention is like live-blogging your lawn’s growth. However, we will find our own material to blog about as things unfold at the convention. [...]