Christy Clark is done 91裸聊视频� with public life, with politics and with cameras.
The outgoing premier spoke publicly for the first time on Monday since she announced Friday her resignation from the BC Liberal party leadership, effective Aug. 4, and as an MLA.
Clark, whose party won the election in May, lost a confidence vote in June to an NDP-Green partnership.
91裸聊视频淟ooking back, I knew in my heart from election night that it was time for me to leave,91裸聊视频� she told reporters in Vancouver. 91裸聊视频淭here is nothing worse than seeing politicians hanging on because they feel like they91裸聊视频檙e irreplaceable. Nobody is irreplaceable 91裸聊视频� I91裸聊视频檓 not.91裸聊视频�
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Clark said she planned on resigning as party leader the night that the lieutenant-governor chose John Horgan to be premier.
91裸聊视频淏ut91裸聊视频� I didn91裸聊视频檛 want to leave in the midst of chaos,91裸聊视频� she said.
Her departure from her Kelowna West seat leaves the NDP and Green Party with the possibility to strengthen a tenuous lead in the legislature.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think there91裸聊视频檚 going to be an election in the fall, so why not get it out of the way?91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 really felt like it was time for the province to get it out of the way.91裸聊视频�
No one has immediately declared their interest in running as Clark91裸聊视频檚 replacement as party leader.
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She recounted what she saw as the Liberals91裸聊视频� accomplishments over the past six and a half years.
91裸聊视频淲e have the fastest growing economy in the country 91裸聊视频� 200,000 jobs putting people to work and five consecutive balanced budgets,91裸聊视频� she said. She also cited the controversial Site C dam, reaching a settlement with B.C. teachers, and reducing the number of children in government care.
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Clark also addressed what some critics have seen as her party91裸聊视频檚 failure in Metro Vancouver. The Liberals lost seats throughout Surrey in May, as the NDP campaigned hard on rental affordability, nixing bridge tolls and reconsidering the Massey Bridge.
91裸聊视频淭here are only two things that the government can do to affect housing affordability in the Lower Mainland,91裸聊视频� Clark said. 91裸聊视频淥ne is to get the mayors to build more houses. The second is to slow the economy down so that people stop coming to the Lower Mainland and buying houses.91裸聊视频�
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She will leave some business unfinished. Clark said she91裸聊视频檚 tried to reach out to Linda Kayfish, the sister of deceased healthcare worker Roderick MacIsaac, who who along with several other healthcare workers, was fired by the province in 2012. He later took his own life.
91裸聊视频淚 have asked her for meetings several times but she hasn91裸聊视频檛 accepted,91裸聊视频� said Clark. Asked if she would reach out again, Clark simply said: 91裸聊视频淚 am done with public life.91裸聊视频�
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Clark didn91裸聊视频檛 give any details on what she might do next, only saying she wants to focus on her son, Hamish.
Hamish said he felt 91裸聊视频渁 little relieved91裸聊视频� that his mother was done.
91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 been premier for most of my life that I can remember,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 going to be really nice.91裸聊视频�
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