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By: Allan Lane

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B.C.s governing Liberals have welcomed John Horgan to his new role as NDP Leader by dismissing him as a relic of the oppositions past years in government.

With the selection of John Horgan as leader, a colourful personality I admit, the NDP remains firmly stuck in the 1990s, Energy Minister Bill, Bennett said in a letter to B.C. Liberal Party members that was released to the media on Sunday as Mr. Horgan gave an inaugural speech.

No one else wanted the job so Mr. Horgan, a former adviser to two NDP premiers from the Dismal Decade, will try to captain the NDP ship.

The Liberals employed a similar line of attack against Mr. Horgans predecessor, Adrian Dix, whose resignation launched the leadership race that crowned Mr. Horgan. Mr. Dix, who was a chief of staff to 1990s-era premier Glen Clark, led the NDP to defeat in the 2013 election that saw the Liberals win a fourth straight majority.

In an interview, Mr. Bennett was asked how long the Liberals believe that linking the NDP to the 1990s will work as a political tactic. As long as they keep picking leaders that are rooted in the 1990s and cut their teeth at a time when they clearly lost the confidence of British Columbians to the point that British Columbians still, today, remember that, said Mr. Bennett. Until the NDP cut themselves loose from that legacy, theyre going to be judged on that record.

As Mr. Horgan, the partys former house leader and energy critic, prepared to deliver his first speech as leader to a gathering of about 150 supporters at a downtown Vancouver hotel, Liberal activists mingled and hammered home their point in a wry way. They handed out mock CDs titled John Horgans 90s Greatest Hits Feat. The Same Old NDP, Bills Bills Bills and Runaway Train.

Mr. Horgan did not directly address the Liberal attacks on Sunday because his aides rushed him away without a scrum with waiting reporters.

Late last week, Mr. Horgan was acclaimed at the new party leader after his only other rival, MLA Mike Farnworth, dropped out of the race, and no other rivals stepped forward to run for the job. Now the 54-year-old Vancouver Island MLA, first elected to the legislature in 2005 after a career as a political aide and adviser, will lead the NDP into the 2017 provincial election.

Mr. Bennett also suggested that Mr. Horgans policies on Liquified Natural Gas, the Site C development and an expanded Kinder-Morgan pipeline between Alberta and the Lower Mainland have been inconsistent.

Mr. Farnworth was indignant at the Liberal jabs. Thats pathetic, said the former NDP cabinet minister in the partys governments of the 1990s. Its 2014. The next election will be 2017 and British Columbians want to know what a leader is going to be doing, not what the Liberals want to talk about, which is in the past.

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The New Democrats decision to topple the Liberals and force a June 12 election appears to be backfiring, the first poll of the campaign suggests.

While the Progressive Conservatives lead in the Forum Research survey, the Liberals are poised to form another minority government due to the efficiency of their vote.

The poll showed Tim Hudaks Tories at 38 per cent, Kathleen Wynnes Liberals at 33 per cent and Andrea Horwaths New Democrats at 22 per cent. Mike Schreiners Greens came in at 6 per cent.

Its the first poll conducted since Horwath announced Friday that her party could no longer prop up the Liberals and would join the Conservatives in defeating Finance Minister Charles Sousas left-leaning budget tabled the day before.

That forced Wynne to ask Lieutenant-Governor David Onley to dissolve the minority legislature, launching the 41-day election campaign.

I think the Liberals set a trap and the NDP fell into it, Forum president Lorne Bozinoff told the Star on Saturday.

She turned down her dream budget. It doesnt get better than that for New Democrats, said Bozinoff.

Using interactive voice-response phone calls, Forum surveyed 1,845 people across Ontario on Friday and Saturday. The results are considered accurate to within two percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Horwath triggered the election just one day after Sousa introduced a budget crafted to appeal to New Democrats and avert a campaign but could also serve as a Liberal platform if need be.

The $130.4-billion fiscal blueprint which was endorsed by many private- and public-sector union leaders included a new Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, modelled on the Canada Pension Plan, to force people to save more.

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Local Liberals plan to announce in the next day or so the date of a nomination meeting to choose their Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound candidate for the June 12 provincial election.

Kim Black, president of the areas riding association, said some prospective candidates have been identified.

She said she doesnt think the later start both the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats already have a candidate in place will impact the Liberals performance locally.

Im still confident that we can do what we need to do, for sure, she said Saturday in an interview.

Black said she is disappointed the NDP announced it would vote against the Liberals 2014 budget, which paved the way for the fall of the government.

She said she thought the Liberals presented a good, forward-thinking budget for Ontario.

Now it will be up to the electorate to decide, she said.

Premier Kathleen Wynne, knowing her minority government would lose the confidence vote, visited Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley Friday to ask that Parliament be dissolved. He accepted her recommendation.

The writs are to be signed Wednesday.

Incumbent Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound PC MPP Bill Walker said Friday he and his team are ready to go for the election campaign.

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Horwath says Ontarians have lost confidence in Liberals and deserve government that makes sense
Andrea Horwath, Leader of Ontario #39;s New Democrats, says she has lost confidence in the Liberal government amid mounting scandal and waste and that it #39;s time ...

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