BRAR: British Columbia is Canada's conservative civil war — and the old guard is losing

The phrase “The Battle for British Columbia” will sound exaggerated to the professional pundit. For the consultant class, next month’s provincial contest is one more entry in the ledger: a change of government here, shuffle of caucus portfolios there, followed by the usual period of managed decline. But what is at stake in British Columbia (BC) is not merely who will administer a province, but what kind of Conservative Party will emerge from this moment of national crisis.