BC Liberal caucus meets today
Posted May 23, 2013 12:17 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It’s their first meeting since last week’s big victory; the BC Liberal caucus is getting together in Downtown Vancouver this afternoon.
OMNI TV political analyst Kim Emerson says much of this meeting will be about general housekeeping.
“I think the first order of business will be probably about 10 minutes of collective high fives all around the caucus table. Then they’ll move on to real business, and the real business is all of those people who have been selected, or elected, are still not MLAs. They’ll have explained to them what the process is.”
“They don’t become MLAs until they’re sworn in, and that can’t happen until, at the very earliest, June 5th. After June 5th… then someone can resign so that Christy Clark can run in a by-election,” he adds.
“You’re not going to see her looking at or having a by-election until at least July, maybe August, and a lot of times, people don’t want to run in the summertime because folks are away on vacation,” he adds.
“But they definitely want to have her in the legislature when they sit, and probably, the most likely place that will take place is Ralph Sultan’s riding on the North Shore or, potentially, Linda Reid’s riding.”
Emerson doesn’t expect any major policy announcements from the Liberals until they pass their budget.
