Some kind of United Conservative Party

Will they? Won't they? Within 48 hours we went from the chance of BC United and BC Conservatives merging, to Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West taking over to it all crumbling apart. And this all took place against the final week of the BC Legislature's sittings before the fall's election. So we naturally have a number of MLAs retiring.We also learned this week that the CRA is seemingly more interested in collecting taxes from renters than from the many delinquents in the real estate sector.LinksGordon Campbell urged to broker BC United-Conservative merger - The Orca Former B.C. premiers join in calls for a right-of-centre party mergerPort Coquitlam Mayor Brad West considering leading merged BC United-Conservative party | Globalnews.cahttps://x.com/bradwestpoco/status/1790977293998756065https://x.com/johnrustad4bc/status/1790969336691347583https://x.com/richardzussman/status/1791174944627528132Rustad quashes BC Conservative, United party merger rumoursBC United, BC Conservative merger shot down by Kevin Falconhttps://x.com/JasJohalBC/status/1790428285597614422BC NDP leads by 6 over the BC Conservatives as the gap closes from 18 to 6-points - Abacus DataPallas British Columbia Poll: Conservatives 38, NDP 37, BC United 13, Green 9Retiring incumbentshttps://twitter.com/richardzussman/status/1791176479109451797?t=35_zsExFcMotLruBOW76SA&s=19Taking action to help people the focus of final legislative session | BC Gov Newshttps://twitter.com/RobShaw_BC/status/1790122604453376047https://twitter.com/RobShaw_BC/status/1790123146743284014 https://www.leg.bc.ca/content/data%20-%20ldp/Pages/42nd5th/1st_read/m222-1.htm Joint statement: B.C.’s new online action table sets stage to help keep more people safe | BC Gov NewsState actor blamed for cyberattack on B.C. government systems | CBC NewsB.C. real estate: CRA audits uncover $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes | Vancouver Sunhttps://twitter.com/jackhauen/status/1790796594561900633https://twitter.com/jackhauen/status/1791240880843571568Ottawa getting ready to ditch costly, error-prone Phoenix pay system | CBC NewsCRTC delays implementing online streaming act until end of 2025 - The Globe and Mail  Trudeau government cuts budget of Information Commissioner - The Globe and Mail