This morning, Vaughn Palmer of the Vancouver Sun - one of the province's most veteran political reporters tweeted the following:
BC Conservative annual convention in Nanaimo Saturday. Policy discussions closed to media. Not the practice with NDP, Liberals.
As a card-carrying member of the BC Liberal Party - I agree that Policy Sessions should and must be debated in public. After all - it has been the tradition of other political parties, like the Federal/Provincial NDP, Progressive Conservatives throughout Canada, as examples and I reject arguments like We don't need the distraction of the media, when discussing policy, in the room. Bull___ - most political parties have discussed party policy while the media was in the room and I haven't heard any complaining from party members
Now the real question is - What do the BC Conservatives have to hide?? After all - they want to govern BC, they need to show that they stand behind their policies including debating them, in public
SBF
Update (Fri Sept 23rd at 10:45am):
Alan Forseth, from the BC Conservatives, says that anyone can read the BC Conservative Party Policy here, but again - it doesn't answer the question - Why don't the BC Conservatives want the media in the room when their members debate their policies, unlike what occurs at BC Liberal Policy Sessions...?
Just asking...
Steve .. you may as well just say it ... Bullshit!!
ReplyDeleteBut what is bullshit is anyone from the media or the public complaining -- whining about this is just a waste of time. The BC Conservative Party has had the proposed DRAFT policy document posted on the website for over a month now so ... there is nothing being hidden.
What to see what it says??? To view the Proposed Policy to be presented at the AGM, please click here http://bcconservative.ca/wp-content/uploads/Overall_Policy_Draft_5.pdf
I am sure this link will come don over the weekend as policy is debated, revised, and approved ... but it is still online now as this is typed