B.C. Premier under Pressure to Quit

July 20, 1999

Glen Clark is facing great pressure to quit his job as the Premier of British Columbia .

Political analysts say Clark, who is also the leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party, has two options . Either he can ask the other elected members in his party for forgiveness, or he can quit his job.

Glen Clark has been involved in a series of scandals during his time as B.C. Premier. Money budgeting problems and a very expensive project to build new ferries to Vancouver Island have helped make Clark unpopular.

On Monday, a cabinet minister in Clark's government left her job as the minister for Women's Equality.

This is the second cabinet minister from Clark's government to quit in the last week. The finance minister quit her job on Friday . Two other party members resigned earlier this month.

According to a B.C. Television station, Clark was sent a letter by a group of people in his own party. The letter apparently asked the Premier to quit his job. Some members of the B.C. government think if Clark keeps his job as Premier, he will lead the New Democratic Party to a big loss in the next election.

But not everyone in the government has problems with Clark . Some party members think those who have problems with him should tell him in private. They think there is still some hope that the Premier can win an election and keep his job.



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