Cory Morgan: What BC United’s Merger With BC Conservatives Means for the Upcoming Election

Commentary The sudden collapse of the BC United Party will radically change the dynamic of the upcoming general election in British Columbia. Polls show the BC Conservatives sitting just a couple of points behind the governing NDP. BC United has seen its support plummet in past months, but in still holding nearly 10 percent of the vote, their presence on the ballot would impact many close races. The NDP was surely feeling the pressure with the unexpected disappearance of the right-of-centre vote split when, less than two months before the election, news broke that BC United was suspending its campaign to merge with the BC Conservatives. Conservative Leader John Rustad, on the other hand, was doubtless smiling as the merger began to take shape. The Conservative Party can’t pop the champagne corks of victory yet, though. The B.C. election is far from over....