By: Hadia, Brandon, Siqiy Liberals By: Hadia, Brandon, Siqiy

History The British Columbia Liberal Party (also referred to as the BC Liberals) is a Centre-right provincial political Party in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1903, 114 years ago. Party politics were introduced in 1903 provincial election with the formation of the British Columbia Conservative, the divided Conservatives faced the Liberals in the election of 1916 and lost. The party managed a bare majority win in the 1920 election and managed to govern after the 1924 election with the support of 2 independent Liberals. The Liberals managed to increase their vote in the 1928 election but lost close to half their seats.

Party Leader Has experience from representing Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain is legislature Served as Official Opposition Critic (for environment, children and families, public service) Served as campaign co-chair for BC Liberals (party won 77 of 79 seats) Was appointed minister of education following 2001 election Was appointed Deputy Premier following 2001 election Listens to the people and change (left wing) Stands for those most vulnerable (believes everyone should get the opportunity to build the life they want) Invests intelligently and could operate debt-free as early as 2020 Trying to create more jobs for British Columbians  (preparing people with Skills for Jobs Blueprints) Has invested highly in healthcare and education (more than any government in BC history)

Local Canadases (Barbara Lu) Manager at Government of British Columbia, Board Resourcing and Development Office Studied at Simon Fraser university and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (Public Policy), Minor in Sociology Skills Research, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Oral Communications, Spanish, conversational French, Office Administration, Political Campaigns, Public Speaking, Writing, Event Planning, Volunteer Management, Leadership, Government, Research, Public Relations

Defending our Party All of the extra spending was necessary seeing as to how we wouldn't spend more unless we really needed it. The sudden increase is debt was due to a few bad apples in fiscal management as well as the necessary overspending in certain things. Rest assured this debt can be handled and was not invested so rashly as you might think. There was a shift in taxes to companies such as BC Hydro and ICBC in order to deal with the problems mentioned above. An increase or shift in taxes anywhere was only to compensate for the sudden debt increase that needed to be dealt with immediately.

Bibliograpgy Defend your party from the news. (http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/lizanne- foster/2017/02/dear-bc-liberals-your-budget-priorities-need-fixing) "Reaching a Common Ground on Environment, Economy." Today's BC Liberals. Dallas Smith, n.d. Web. "BC Gov News." Office of the Premier. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2017. "Home." Today's BC Liberals. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2017. "Home." MLA Christy Clark. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2017.