B.C. election: little immediate impact, but plenty of future political risk for federal Liberals, say pollsters

‘I think there are a lot of areas where this government will be able to engage with the B.C. government in a very constructive way,' says B.C. Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson.

When the British Columbia provincial Liberal government lost its majority in last month's election, it 'didn’t have any catastrophic impact' on the support of B.C. Liberal MPs, says pollster Frank Graves, some of whom are pictured in February 2016 on the Hill.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 7, 2017

B.C. Liberal MPs are pushing back on claims that the province’s election is a blow to their local support, while pollsters suggest little immediate impact but plenty of future political risk for federal Liberals with a new provincial NDP-Green Party alliance.

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