He's a founding partner in Surrey-based Hanson Wirsig Matheos, the firm representing the Queen of the North survivors and other clients seeking compensation from powerful organizations. He has law degrees from UBC and Oxford; his wife is a successful realtor, and at 52 he routinely runs in marathons. Read more. . .
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No!
I cannot help but believe that Mr. Hanson is fishing for a judgeship somewhere, regardless of whether the NDP forms government or not.
He is obviously a quality candidate, but has not gotten past his twenties in university, viz. "If you're not a socialist by the age of 20, you have no heart, if you're still a socialist at age 40, you have no head". Too true...too true. As someone who is at the top of the economic ladder, I find it somewhat hypocritical that he can truly believe in the NDP's concept of redistribution of wealth, because he's going to be one of the first expected to pony up, unless of course he's referring to OPM (other people's money). If I am wrong, I look forward to seeing him put his money where his mouth is, but I won't hold my breath. Failing that, I make no apologies for my cynicism.
Perhaps the famous quote should have continued, "and if you don't end up somewhere in the middle at age 60 then you have no heart again".
The odds are traditionally stacked against Mr. Hanson , but sentiments such as Griffin"s above is ONE indication of a real race and chance of an NDP victory in NV-Seymour.
And just about all candidates garner some benefit from running whether they win or not, even if it's just name recognition. That's just part of the game of running for public office.
Maybe this will sway some of the undecided, an interesting perspective from the Province which has come out in favour of Christy Clark as leader.
You can read all about it in Tuesday's paper, but here it is in a nutshell:
"...the overwhelming view of the editorial board is that Clark, at least in how she conducts herself, is better suited to the job.
Where Dix repeatedly refused to give clear answers to basic questions, Clark was direct. Where she acknowledged past mistakes of her party, in Dix’s world, the NDP is without flaws. Where Clark was warm and engaging, Dix was jumpy, combative and condescending. Clark carried herself like a premier; Dix behaved like the hyper-partisan policy wonk he’s been for most of his life.
Premiers must represent us all, often on the world stage. Dix’s NDP policies may be more popular now, but based on how she interacts with others, Clark is the stronger leader."
Amen.
There is a viable third choice, people - BC Conservative, Brian Wilson.
That's true, but the excerpt was talking just about two leaders. John Cummins, although a very nice man by all accounts, leads a party that isn't really in the running....yet.
I am a bit disappointed in Mr. Hanson. He was the first up with his signs, and seems to be the last one to take them down. Sore loser?
Lazy?
Well, maybe. I found out that they'd hired somebody to put them all up. I guess they don't want to pay him to take them down!
So much for what looked like a huge volunteer contingent, ditto all the campaign contributions that just appeared out of nowhere that he bragged about at the ACM.
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