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Carole James, 53, is a Canadian politician. She is currently the MLA for the riding of Victoria-Beacon Hill, on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia. She holds the...

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Horrible Week For The Premier?

www.ctvvancouverisland.ca http VICTORIA - What a week it has been for Premier Christy Clark. It is never good when a cabinet minister is forced to resign, but when that same person is the one and only MLA in caucus to support your leadership bid, it is doubly painful Harry Bloy excited cabinet this week after he shared an email to another cabinet minister with a Liberal party donor. On Wednesday, Sara Macintyre, the Premier's new Communications Director was getting more attention than her boss as she tussled with reporters on the same day Clark was supposed celebrating one year in the Premiers office. And there were tough questions for the business friendly premier about how a $40 million deal went sideways for naming rights to BC Place. Clark and her government was turning down the money at the same time saying it's a great deal for tax payers. Carole James knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of political trouble. The Victoria - Beacon Hill MLA was ousted as Opposition Leader last year and she thinks more trouble might be on the rise for the Liberal leader. "What got me through was focusing on my core values and why I got into politics," James tells CTV News "I think the public is having a hard time figuring out what that means for the Premier." MLAs will return to the Legislature on March 27th when it is expected the Opposition will have more tough questions for the Premier. Questions like - what is the government going to do to calm labour strife, not only <b>...</b>
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