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   That's two in less than a week that have spoken out for the resignations of   
   Finance Minister   
   Colin Hansen and now the Premier.   
   These people want the 'Liberal' party of BC to survive through such   
   resignations.  The people   
   of BC want the whole party gone.   
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   September 5, 2010 - By CBC News   
      
   Liberal backer wants B.C. premier to quit   
      
   A former mayor and long-time supporter of the B.C. Liberal Party is calling on   
   Premier Gordon   
   Campbell to resign because of the way the government handled introduction of   
   the controversial   
   HST.   
   Scott Nelson, former mayor of Williams Lake and a life-long Liberal, initially   
   backed Campbell   
   for the job of premier.   
      
   However, Nelson said the damage from the fallout of the harmonized sales tax   
   is too much for   
   the party to bounce back from. For the party to make a comeback, Nelson said,   
   the Liberals need   
   to ditch Campbell.   
      
   "I honestly think that if Gordon Campbell doesn't step aside that you will   
   actually see the   
   emergence of a third party in British Columbia," he said.   
      
   "If there is a third party in British Columbia, I can assure you one thing -   
   that will split   
   the free enterprise vote down the middle and put the NDP right into power."   
      
   A series of government emails and briefing notes obtained by CBC News and   
   other media outlets   
   through a freedom-of-information request last week reveal B.C. government   
   bureaucrats discussed   
   the HST with their federal counterparts - and briefed the provincial finance   
   minister - well   
   before the May 2009 provincial election.   
      
   Convention in November   
   The information appears to contradict repeated claims by the Liberals that the   
   HST was not on   
   their radar before the election.   
      
   Nelson is calling on Campbell to step down at the next caucus convention in   
   November. He said   
   it's the only way for the party to rebuild and find a new leader before the   
   next provincial   
   election in 2013.   
      
   "When members are leaving the party because they have become so disillusioned   
   and angry that   
   they don't want to talk about it ... you have got to stand up and say, 'Hey   
   there has to be a   
   change," he said.   
      
   "It's unfortunate, but you know, you don't want to kick somebody out. But you   
   want to be polite   
   and say, 'Thank you for doing a great job, but it is time to retire.'"   
      
   Meanwhile, B.C. New Democrat Leader Carole James said changing the face of the   
   Liberal   
   government won't matter because British Columbians no longer have confidence   
   in the party.   
      
   "My disappointment is that the things that matter to the people in this   
   province aren't being   
   paid attention to," she said.   
      
   "You're not having focus on education, on building a strong economy, on   
   providing good-quality   
   health care. You have a government in chaos."   
      
   The premier's office declined to comment on the suggestion that Campbell   
   should resign.   
      
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