Thursday, March 17, 2011

Don, Terry, and Ida

Don McRae, Terry Lake, and Ida Chong: what do they have in common?
Well, they're all MLAs, all BCLiberals, and all generally considered to be rather light-weight, in a caucus not usually recognized for intellectual heft.
They all had relatively small winning margins, and were or are the subjects of Recall campaigns. 
They are the only subjects of such campaigns, so far.
Since Christy became Premier, they're also all Ministers of the Crown, respectively Minister of Agriculture, Minister of the Environment, and Minister of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development. Only Ida has been a Minister before; however, googling reveals that she has never shown any particular talent.
Guess we now know where those portfolios rank in the current administration's esteem.
And what it takes to become a Minister in Christy's new, slimmed-down BCLiberal government.

UPDATE 23 March:  Two items of news: 1)  The Comox recall of MLA McRae was unsuccessful, gathering only about 5000 signatures. 19,000 were required. No surprise there.
                                                                   2)  There's another recall campaign underway: http://www.donewithdalton.com/  But, like the others, it won't succeed, even though the MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission, Marc Dalton, wasn't elevated to Christy's Cabinet, possibly because he holds views too odious even for most BCLiberals and isn't shy about expressing them.
Next election, people!