New Years 2011 Newsletter Final

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Continuing to BuildMessage from the Party President

As we enter a new year, the BC Conservative

Party can be very proud of its accomplishments

during the past year. Our membership has

grown substantially, our previous debt has

been eliminated and a large number of

Constituency Associations have been

formed.

As we look forward to 2011, we

can be very optimistic that

this will be even a greater

year.

The Board of Directors have

confirmed that a Leadership

Convention will be held on May 28, 2011

at the Sheraton Vancouver Guilford Hotel, withmore details coming around the begining of

the leadeship race. The Party will be accepting

nominations for Leader beginning March 1.

Nominations will be received up until March

29 which will give all candidates a minimum

of 2 months to solicit support from Party

members throughout the Province.

Unlike the Liberal Party (whose Leadership

rules will not be known until 2 weeks prior

to the election of their Leader), our rules

are very clear. Every Party member will h

an opportunity to vote for a new Leader. Un

the NDP Party (whose bylaws have gen

requirements), we will elect the best Leader

it male or female. In order to be eligible to v

a person must have been a Party member f

minimum of 21 days prior to the Leadership dof May 28.

Later this month, the Party will commence

process to develop an election platform for

next general election or any possible by-elec

that could be held as early as this year.

platform will be based on our Core Conserva

Values and our policies which are curre

under review. Party members and Constitue

Associations will soon have a copy of the first dof these revisions and will have an opportunit

input. The final policy document will be adopte

a general meeting of the Party later this year.

In order to be prepared for a possible s

election (or by-election), we are encoura

all our Constituency Associations to begin

process of recruiting candidates. We wil

running candidates in all 85 provincial riding

the next general election.

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PREDICTIONS FOR 2011

My New Year Predictions should not surprise

BC Conservatives any longer but may

surprise the two parties that infest the BC

Legislature.

January - Early in the year more than a

dozen Constituency Associations will qualify

for the election of candidates under the new

qualification rules to be announced by the

party in same month. Many of the remaining

CAs will hold off their elections awaiting the

BC Election strategy to unfold.

February - will see the BC Liberals

electing a leader that is Status Quo from

the Legislature. The current batch already

elected will reject Christie Clark because she

has new ideas they cant subscribe to and

she is not a part of the good ol boys club.

March - a major civil war erupts in the BC

Liberal caucus and the public looks to the

BC Conservatives as the option. The BC

Conservatives have shown no infighting

and is talking about the vision for our future.

The Tactical Advisory Group stands down in

order to let the leadership contenders strut

their stuff and put a focus on the party.

April After two months of infighting the BC

Liberals and now the BC NDP show they can

no longer govern. The BC Conservativ

have the province buzzing about some ne

exciting policies

May A new leader emerges from tBC Conservative party who articulates t

issues with a Vision not seen in many yea

The party is now 22% in the polls.

June All 85 constituency associations a

operational and 23 candidates are electe

4 current MLAs cross the floor and form t

BC Conservative party in the Legislature.

July Much talk around the province abo

a provincial election in September. The B

Conservatives announce several adviso

groups to provide advice to the leader.

August Membership swells in the B

Conservative party as the party continues

rise in the polls.

September The Liberals announ

an early October election becau

their weakness is the constant drain

conservatives from the party. The B

Conservatives have been ready since Ju

and expected to take a good share of t

vote.

by Randy White, Chairman, Tactical Advisory Group

Here is a current list of

he BC Liberal Leadership

Candidates

REAL OR NOT: Will the real BCC stand up!It has been noted by some members ofthe party there are web and social media sites out there that look or are named BC Conservatives, but are mostly filled with hate andmisinformation about the party. These sites are, for the most part, set up by former BC Conservative members who have left the party for a

variety of reasons. The party is currently working on solutions to deal with these sites, but it is important for our membership, the media

and the citizens of BC understand that not all conservative sites are the same. In the next couple of months, the party will

be rolling out new branding rules for party managed web and social media environments, supplying the proper

branding images and text to party communication directors. Be sure to look for the BCC Seal

Approval before reading.

KNOW YOUR

OPPONENT

KEVIN FALCON

Former Minister of Transport

GEORGE ABBOTT

Former Minister of Education

CHRISTY CLARK

Radio Show Host and Former

BC Liberal Minister

MIKE DE JONGFormer Solicitor General

DR. MOIRA STILWELL

Former Minister of Advanced

Education and Labour MarketDevelopment

ED MAYNE

Former Mayor of Parksville


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October Far too much disillusionment

with the NDP and Liberals and the BC

Conservatives win a minority government

but are confident in the outcome as their

Vision of BC outmatched the others.

November a downsized government and

a number of new innovative ministries begin

their work to rehabilitate the old government

ways.

December Merry Xmas and a special

thanks to all BC Conservative members who

decided enough was enough and voted their

party in .

PREDICTIONS (CONTINUED)

We must, of course, continue to increase our membership and finances and to form Constituency

Associations in those ridings that have not already done so.

At this time, I want to express my sincere appreciation to all Party members and, in particular, to the

those who have agreed to serve on our provincial Board of Directors, our Tactical Advisory Group,the Policy Review Committee, CA Boards, those who have contributed financially to the Party and

to the many other volunteers who have given their time and resources to the Party. I look forward to

your continued participation and remain extremely optimistic that, through your commitment, we will

succeed in forming the next government in the Province of British Columbia.

Party President Message (continued)

The Future of BC is in Your Hands

WWW.CONSERVATIVESBC.COM

E C O N O M Y E D U C AT I O N H E A LT H

DID YOU KNOW?

With Gender Based Leader

as part of the BC N

constitution, none of the cur

NDP leadership candida

could sit as leader, even if t

win. One of three key posit

need to have a woman. T

already have men.

by Randy White, Chairman, Tactical Advisory Group

by Wayne McGrath, President, BC Conservative Party

New Party Spokesperson

In November, the BC Conservative Party appointed Vancouver based realtor Keith Roy to

the position of Party Spokesman (in December Jeff Bridge was appointed to the position of

Party Communications Director). Keith has many years of political experience

and is looking forward to working with the party.

[email protected]

Here is a current list of

the BC NDP Leadership

Candidates

NICHOLAS SIMONSMLA Powell-River Sunhin

HARRY LALI

MLA Yale - Lillooet

JOHN HORGAN

MLA Malahat - Juan de Fu

MIKE FARNSWORTH

MLA Port Coquitlam - Bur

Mountain

DANA LARSEN

Marijuana Advocate

It is important to note

that Dix, Farnsworth and

Lali played an important

parts in the Glen Clark

government of the 90s.

John Horgan was a senio

staffer with the NDP

government of that day,

well.

ADRIAN DIX

MLA Vancouver - Kingswa


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On January 8th, BC Conserveratives CA

directors on Vancouver Island got together at

Tigh-na-mara Lodge in Parksville, to discuss

the future and future plans of party. It quickly

became apparent, as people began to arrive

and find a seat, that the future was, indeed,

bright.

The meeting was started by Tactical Advisory

Group Chair

Randy White and

was led off by

reports from each

of the CAs on the

Island. Current

numbers include:

Comox Valley:

100+, Alberni

- Pacific Rim:

(no numbers

given), Parksville-

Qualicum: 116+,

Nanaimo: 50+,

North Cowichan 72, Esquimalt-Royal Roads:

35, Victoria-Sanich South: 31, Victoria-BeaconHill (newest riding), Malahat-Juan de Fuca: 25,

Sannich North: 49 members and North Island

has 32 members.

While the numbers seem small, the assembled

directors were reminded that they have

been able to set up their respective CAs,

get recognized by Elections BC, gather new

members and host the partys first Regional

Meeting, all in less than a year.

During the meeting, the new party

communiications director and spokesperson

Keith Roy, took part in a tour of Raines

Broadcasting (a Parksville based media

broadcasting and production company) to

learn about what was available and what the

potential of video media might be for the

party. He was accompanied by Peter Goldberg

c o m m u n i c a t i o n s

for Saanich North

and Sean Smith

communications fo

North Island. Video

interviews with Keith

and with Randy Whitewere also done, prio

to the meeting and are

available on YouTube

at the Raines

Braodcasting Channe

online

Items covered during

the meeting included the May 28th leadership

election and the development of an electionreadiness committee (based on the possibility

of a June snap election). Discussions ranged

from party policy to what we the party would be

looking for in both riding and party leadership

candidates.

At the end of the meeting , Randy left those

gathered with words of encouragement and

looking forward to 2011.

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