March 29, 2024

The Premier dismisses another dismal poll and questions over office spending

Premier Christy Clark was greeted by protesters when she arrived to speak at a private luncheon for women in Delta Friday morning.

 Before entering the Delta Town and Country inn, she paused only for a few moments to take questions from reporters about her office’s credit card expenses.

 “Every province is going to have a bill similar to this every ten years and this was our year.”
 “Every Premier in the country hosts other premiers. This year, we hosted two sets of premiers’ meetings in BC. You know, that’s part of being a federation.”

 Reporter “why not release receipts, then maybe some of this controversy would go away?”

  “Well, I don’t know, I mean I think you’ve got lots of receipts. I’m certainly hearing that you have them.”

 New poll numbers also show she won’t keep her job after the next election.

 “Do they want to take a risk on a government that’s going to send us down an entirely different path where lots of people will have to leave BC to find jobs.”
 “I think the poll that is actually going to matter is the one about a year from now when we get to election day and that’s the one that will determine who is in government.”

 Clark, who campaigned for the Liberal party leadership on a promise to be more open and transparent, initially refused to answer a question about whether she still supports switching to a single transferable vote system in BC, something she promoted heavily when she was a talk show host at CKNW.

  Reporter “Would a single transferable vote help you?

 “Good morning!”

  Reporter “Premier, would a singler transerable vote help you?

 “How are you?

 Later, Clark reluctantly agreed to, briefly, answer that question.

 “We aren’t planning in changing the voting system in BC.”

 The Premier then turned her back and walked back into the luncheon.

CKNW Vancouver News

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