Prof. Gerald Baier deliberates the BC Liberals’ decision to rebrand as ‘BC United’
“They’re doing an old thing that political parties have done for a long time,” Prof. Baier says, “which is to have a name that allows them to appeal to more than one narrow constituency.” Still, there are fears that this choice may backfire for Liberals worried about the party’s direction.
Prof. Gerald Baier comments on David Stuart serving as both North Vancouver District CAO and Port Moody councillor
David Stuart, already holding office as North Vancouver District Chief Administrative Officer, was recently elected as councillor for Port Moody. Few take on two civil service roles at once, but Prof. Baier acknowledges that Stuart is “allowed to have outside interests.”
“Things hit this “crisis point” through a combination of factors,” says Prof. Max Cameron on the BC NDP’s disqualification of Anjali Appadurai
The recent disqualification of Anjali Appadurai from running for BC NDP leader has caused political commotion. In this interview, Prof. Max Cameron highlights that the party’s recent problems with engagement and membership don’t make the current situation any easier for the BC NDP.
David Eby is not an “obvious” retail politician, says Prof. Gerald Baier on the future BC premier’s rise to power
In the article on Eby’s history as an advocate and politician, Prof. Baier commented further on how Eby’s characteristics and public personality, though “cerebral” at times, will help him connect with BC residents.
Prof. Gerald Baier quoted in article on David Eby becoming BC premier with disqualification of Anjali Appadurai
“They had a process that they totally lost control of,” says Prof. Gerald Baier on Anjali Appadurai’s campaign for NDP leader, “which never looks good.” Despite Appadurai and her supporters’ plans to fight back after being disqualified due to unauthorized collaboration with third parties, David Eby is on track to become the next BC premier.
Watch: BC Votes Municipal Election Panel
On October 18, a panel of UBC Political Science faculty and alumni broke down the results of the province’s municipal elections and their consequences for future policy and the future of local government.
Prof. Gerald Baier: Can B.C.’s NDP move past its leadership schism?
Many of Ms. Appadurai’s supporters, who may have held their noses and voted for the NDP in recent elections, despite what they see as a compromised party record on the environment and climate change, will now feel fully disaffected, Prof. Gerald Baier writes for Globe and Mail.
Prof. Gerald Baier on Ken Sim and other mayors failing to deliver on campaign promises: “it’s a caution for new mayors”
“I think mayors will run into the challenge that is governing at the local level, (namely) the limits of one’s jurisdiction as mayor or even as a council to fix some of the problems that we generally think of as local problems,” says Prof. Baier in his interview, also commenting on the effectiveness and repulsiveness of certain election issues.
Prof. Xiaojun Li’s research cited in article on rising tensions between China and Taiwan
The survey conducted by Prof. Li and colleagues, which involved over 2,000 Chinese citizens from UBC and NUS, found that “while three-quarters weren’t willing to accept a future without unification, support for more peaceful methods of achieving that goal were just as popular as war.”
Sessional Call for Applicants (2022W2 and 2023S)
The Department of Political Science invites applications to teach in Winter Session Term 2 (Jan-April 2023) and Summer Sessions (May-June, July-August 2023).