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B.C. United caucus chair Lorne Doerkson defects to Conservatives (www.cbc.ca)

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Doerkson says B.C. Conservatives are the only party capable of defeating current NDP government

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Conservative Leader John Rustad announced the move on Friday afternoon.

The move comes after talks between the two right-of-centre parties broke down amid failure to settle on a deal to avoid vote splitting in the fall provincial election.

Doerkson says in a statement that he made the move because the election set for October is "simply too consequential" and his constituents want to see a Conservative government.

Conservatives are the only party capable of defeating the current NDP government.

United's shadow ministers for water, land and resource stewardship and rural development, and for emergency management and climate readiness.

Both Rustad and fellow Conservative Bruce Banman were previously members of B.C.

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