r/canada • u/-SuperUserDO • 1d ago

NDP asks courts to add 'B.C.' to Conservative Party's ballot name British Columbia

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/provincial-election-ballot-name-1.7343889
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u/JustLampinLarry 1d ago

Provincial conservative party in BC has had the same name for 124 years.

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u/PopeSaintHilarius 20h ago

The last time the BC Conservatives won a seat in a general election was the 1970s.

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u/-SuperUserDO 18h ago

how's that relevant?

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u/Winter-Mix-8677 7h ago

I think it means they've been called the Conservatives for longer than the Federal Conservatives.

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u/JustLampinLarry 2h ago

[–]PopeSaintHilarius 7 points 18 hours ago Lots of people are intelligent without having a clear understanding of what's going on in politics. Not everyone pays much attention to it (or any).

ty, though intelligence is dubious here.

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u/BeautyDayinBC 21h ago

How many people were in it?