Commentator and aspiring politician Aaron Gunn has launched a new political group called Common Sense BC.
“For too long here in British Columbia, there has been no real political party and no real political leaders standing up for the everyday, hard-working citizens of this province,” said Gunn in his announcement on Facebook Tuesday.
He added there has been no “substantive debate” or “bold new ideas” for years in B.C. politics.
Gunn was barred from running for the B.C. Liberal leadership in October by the party’s Leadership Election Organizing Committee over “diversity concerns.” While expressing his disappointment on Twitter, he said the ban signified “the rot and corruption of that party had reached the point of no return.”
“Today, it became clear that conservatives, and all British Columbians who believe in common sense and freedom of speech, are no longer welcome in today’s BC Liberal party,” he said.
Gunn had promised at the time to create a new political alternative and “that British Columbians could hold their head up high and vote for with pride.”
“(Common Sense BC) is step one of turning that process into a reality,” he said Tuesday.
The platform of Common Sense BC mirrors the one Gunn had put forward as a potential candidate for the B.C. Liberal leadership. Gunn will serve as executive director, Angelo Isidorou as communications director and Connor Gibson as campaign director.
Gunn said Common Sense BC is not a political party at the moment but that there are a few options on what he plans on doing with it.
He said more announcements will be made in the coming days and weeks.
