Kootenay Bill weighs on the B.C. Liberal spending promises in the Throne Speech

B.C. Liberal promises in the Throne Speech are likely confusing fiscal conservatives within the party.

Big ticket spending promises like $1-billion for child care and cancelling tolls, along with an increased carbon tax, tend not to sit well the more right-wing faction of the governing party.

But former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Bill Bennett, affectionately known as ‘Kootenay Bill’,  says people have to ask themselves, who would they rather have steering the ship?

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LISTEN:  Former B.C. Liberal Cabinet Minister Bill Bennett

“The temptation for conservatives right now to agitate and potentially even talk about leaving the coalition is exactly what the NDP would like to see. This is when the coalition really needs to stick together.”

Share this on X Click to share quote on X: "The temptation for conservatives right now to agitate and potentially even talk about leaving the coalition is exactly what the NDP would like to see. This is when the coalition really needs to stick together."

Bennett says the bottom line for him is that fellow conservatives need to remember what it was like when the NDP was in government.