Andrew Wilkinson joins BC Liberal leadership race
VANCOUVER — BC Liberal MLA and former minister Andrew Wilkinson officially announcing his run for the leadership of the party in downtown Vancouver this afternoon.
Wilkinson is said to have a strong backing by leaders in rural B.C., and was flanked by six fellow MLAs as he made his announcement.
Potential candidate and former Transportation Minister Todd Stone wasn’t among them.
Wilkinson, touching on Stone’s pledge to refuse taxpayer subsidies contained in the NDP’s corporate and union donation ban, refused to make the same commitment, sketching out what may already be a key policy difference.