Dave Krysko91裸聊视频檚 political leanings in this provincial election don91裸聊视频檛 fit the typical B.C. electorate stereotype.
A successful business owner and entrepreneur, Krysko has publicly aligned himself with the Green Party in his Kelowna-Lake Country riding before election day May 9.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not saying that the Liberals haven91裸聊视频檛 done a few things right,91裸聊视频� said Krysko, citing in particular the government investments made to help promote high-tech start-up growth in the Okanagan.
91裸聊视频淏ut some of the bigger things they91裸聊视频檝e been talking about, I don91裸聊视频檛 agree with.91裸聊视频�
In particular, Krysko points to the Site C project in northeast B.C. as a personal turning point for him.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 a big renewal energy, solar power fan, an area that I91裸聊视频檝e invested in myself. I just think there is a real opportunity to do something there to benefit the environment and create jobs that we are missing out on,91裸聊视频� he said.
Krysko91裸聊视频檚 interest in high-tech isn91裸聊视频檛 surprising given he is one of three Club Penguin co-founders, along with Lane Merrifield and Lance Priebe, an online playground for kids that grew from a start-up to a worldwide website phenomenon that attracted Disney to buy it for $350 million.
So while being a poster-child for a high-tech development movement that Premier Christy Clark has positioned the Liberals as championing, Clark doesn91裸聊视频檛 have Krysko91裸聊视频檚 vote.
But the unknown factor in this provincial election will be how many others like Krysko the Green Party can sway from the traditional base of support for both the Liberals and NDP, and what impact that will have on the election results.
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The partisan right-left politics that have ruled over B.C. since the 1980s show some polling number signs of cracking.
In the last election, Green party leader Andrew Weaver was elected in Victoria91裸聊视频檚 Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding, but the party didn91裸聊视频檛 field candidates in every Okanagan-Thompson riding and those who did run never topped the nine per cent vote percentage.
This election, the party has 83 candidates nominated across B.C. including all the Okanagan-Thompson constituencies.
Bill Tieleman, a long-time participant and media pundit of B.C. politics, said the traditional problem with any third-party option in the province is maintaining support at the ballot box.
91裸聊视频淣o matter who it is, what has happened traditionally is their support gets squeezed as the election date gets closer. People start to get nervous, thinking if I vote for party three, it might allow party one or two to win, and if I don91裸聊视频檛 want one particular party to win from those options, then you tend to fall back into your traditional voting pattern,91裸聊视频� Tieleman said.
He feels the Greens also lacks a unifying political message represented by those 83 candidates, who in some cases have migrated from other fringe parties in B.C. or have little experience in politics.
He cites the recent embarrassing revelation on a social media post of the Port Moody-Coquitlam Green Party candidate Don Barthel, who called himself 91裸聊视频榡ust a paper candidate.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not expected to actively campaign. I91裸聊视频檓 really just there so that the B.C. Greens have someone on the ballot,91裸聊视频� a comment that Barthel has since tried to publicly walk back by committing to actively campaigning.
Polling numbers vary, but most tend to have the NDP in front right now, followed by the Liberals and the Greens, said Tieleman.
91裸聊视频淲ith regards to the Green Party, there are two ways you can tell what impact they91裸聊视频檙e having in a campaign. One is from opinion polling and the other is signals you get from how other parties are reacting to them,91裸聊视频� he said.
While the traditional thought is the Greens will steal votes from the NDP, Tieleman said the Liberals have focused more attention their way of late, a realization that perhaps the Greens could steal votes from them as well in some Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island ridings.
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Krysko says policy debates aside, he believes he91裸聊视频檚 not alone as someone who has grown disenchanted with the partisan politics of B.C.
He says there is an absence of genuine discussion about the future of the province91裸聊视频檚 economy and prospective quality of life being passed on to future generations.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 about more than generating wealth. I am a successful business person because of the free enterprise system I91裸聊视频檝e been able to work within, but a free enterprise system is not necessarily free,91裸聊视频� Krysko said.
91裸聊视频淭axes are the cost we have to pay to ensure we have that freedom to do what we want. But I would rather see people who represent us, who will take our concerns to Victoria or Ottawa, and tell Victoria what should be done for us rather than Victoria telling us what they are going to do.
91裸聊视频淭here is no real dialogue between parties. More parties and more policy options I think would be really positive. If people are forced to work together to get stuff done, more collaboration would be a good thing.91裸聊视频�
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