The Canadian Press: Hamish Telford, associate professor of political science at the University of the Fraser Valley, says the British Columbia New Democrats should have called off the snap election when Lorne Doerkson took over the Conservatives.
Telford says the NDP anticipated a campaign against Kerry-Lynne Findlay, and the party should have held off on calling an election citing that governing parties do not call elections when the Official Opposition is leaderless.
“But when they called the snap election, I think that irritated voters who were ready for a change,” the political scientist says…