Mike Harcourt's Jan. 17th 1990 party political broadcast
Channel: BC History
Date: 08/03/2021

This is when Mike Harcourt was the leader of the official opposition.   The broadcast happened because Premier Vander Zalm had done a party political broadcast the night before.

During this time the Social Credit party was in turmoil.   Bill Vander Zalm was in a major leadership crisis and was trying to stay on no matter what.   He finally did step aside and Rita Johnson took over as premier.   Social Credit not only lost government, they came third in the election.   The party was gone for all intents purposes by 1994.

Harcourt talks about AIDS, housing, development elsewhere in the province than the southwest, pollution,  waiting lists for surgery, the Expo land sale, political corruption, open and honest government, more power for local communities, sustainable future, balance economic growth and environmental protection, settling "aboriginal land claims", and freedom of choice.