By Cassidy Olivier, The ProvinceAugust 31, 2011 6:02 PM
Following months of speculation fuelled at times by her own
elusiveness on the topic, Premier Christy Clark finally offered on
Wednesday a definite answer as to whether not B.C. will head to the
polls this fall. In a last-minute interview with the Province
before addressing her caucus in the evening, Clark said she had decided
against calling a fall election so that she could focus on her jobs
agenda in the upcoming sitting of the legislature. “I am not going to call an election this fall,” Clark said. “And so the plan is to go to the set election date, May 2013.” The
surprise announcement should bring to a close any talk of an early
election call, sparked when Clark, fresh of her February leadership win,
expressed her desire to seek a mandate from the public. Clark
said her decision not to send B.C. into an election had nothing to do
with poor polling numbers, but rather was the result of extensive
conversations she had with “thousands and thousands of people” who
advised against it. (more)
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