About 800 delegates are registered to attend the Penticton convention and launch a process that could result in the name change.
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“We’ve always been most successful when we’re united,” said Halford. “When we’re together, and that’s federal Liberals and federal Conservatives, coming together and understanding that a provincial government is much better run than what we’re seeing under the NDP.”“For many, many years there has been a large group of the membership that has wanted to see a name change,” she said. “Part of how you express your identity as a party is through your name.
“Sometimes I’d knock on the door and the homeowner would come out and say, ‘Mary, have you switched allegiances?”‘ she said.The Liberals were reduced to 28 seats in the province’s 87-seat legislature in the last election but are coming off a spring legislative sitting where they challenged the New Democrat government on health-care issues and plans to embark on a major museum rebuilding project.
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