Wonder what the die hard NDP'ers will think of Dan getting in bed with the enemy - one thing that impressed me with Dan during his years in government was his care and commitment for the northwest coast folk - while Skeena turned out to be a costly mistake its intent was to save a few communities - for that reason Dan also has put his support to the CN deal because he feels that it will bring benefits to his corner of the world - same with the oil and gas drilling - Dan represented the voters of his riding not the green voters in Vancouver and Victoria.
This could create an interesting situation for the NDP - if they run a candidate on a strong anti - oil and gas and BC Rail deal will Dan quietly have his supporters and they are numerous become 30 second Liberals and return the sitting Liberal member.

I remember Dan Miller's commitment to working people - when he locked out BC Rail workers over Christmas in 1999! An unnecessary week-long lockout thanks to Dan saluting BC Rail management's hard line approach. Guess how many workers at BC Rail voted NDP after that.

Dan is now clearly out of touch with northern voters, who just elected anti-offshore oil NDP MP Nathan Cullen over the pro-oil Conservative incumbent.

Another good example of how Campbell rewards his friends?

The whole offshore oil and gas push has cooled down considerably. The Priddle Report, plus spills in Newfoundland and Alaska have dampened the enthusiasm for this venture, at least in federal circles. Also, if BC wants more oil and gas play, there is the Nechako Basin. Why go offshore when there's onshore fields available?