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Originally Posted by nik-
Compared to who and whose view is right?
Are we to suggest that BC would have the appropriate view of centrism?
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I'm not saying there is a right and a wrong answer, but for example Gordon Campbell's bc liberals were more centrist than stelmach/Redford but conservative enough to get a political position from the Harper government. He implemented BCs HST, massively increased post secondary funding at the provincial level, reopened negotiations with first nations and presided over some environmental regulations as well. He mixed it with the standard con playbook of austerity cuts, public sector layoffs and the like, but his legacy is substantially more centrist than just buying teachers and nurses with 100 dollar barrels of oil.