To the editor:
In the Vancouver Point Grey riding, Christy Clark lost her seat in the legislature to David Eby fairly and squarely.
In the Kelowna West riding, Ben Stewart won his seat fairly and squarely.
This is what an election is all about – the votes are counted and someone wins or someone loses. That is fair.
This byelection in Kelowna is not fair.
Stewart is stepping down, not because he is ill, not because he has personal problems and not because he was arrested for drunk driving. He is stepping down only for political reasons on behalf of the BC Liberal Party.
Now, because of his politically motivated actions, the taxpayers of British Columbia must bear the cost of holding a byelection. A byelection held solely for the purpose of getting Christy elected on behalf of the BC Liberal Party.
Asking the public to change the fact that Christy lost, at the public's expense, is just not fair. The BC Liberal Party and not the taxpayers should bear the all the costs of holding this byelection – even the costs of the opponents campaign.
Christy is a loser; that is a fact proven by the voters in Vancouver Point Grey. If the BC Liberal Party does not like it, I say to bad.
So just let the losers stay losers, or force the BC Liberal Party pay the piper.
Alan MacKinnon
Nanaimo