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SUMMARY: A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle f
 or BC
DESCRIPTION: Authors Richard Zussman and Robert Shaw join us to discuss the
 ir new book\, A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Bat
 tle for BC. Moderated by Professor Gerald Baier\, Political Science. Thursd
 ay\, April 5th\, 2018 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues\, M
 ultipurpose Room 6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver – […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Authors Richard Zussman and Robert Shaw jo
 in us to discuss their new book\, <em>A Matter of Confidence: The Inside St
 ory of the Political Battle for BC. </em>Moderated by Professor Gerald Baie
 r\, Political Science.</p><table style="width: 686px"><tbody><tr><td style=
 "width: 272px"><p>[caption id="attachment_4479" align="aligncenter" width="
 272"]<img class=" wp-image-4479" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-cont
 ent/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/Richard-Zussman-headshot-300x300.jpg" alt="" wi
 dth="272" height="272" /> <strong>          Author Richard Zussman</strong>
 [/caption]</td><td style="width: 403.182px"><p>[caption id="attachment_4481
 " align="aligncenter" width="402"]<img class=" wp-image-4481" src="https://
 sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/IMG_5510-300x200.j
 pg" alt="" width="402" height="268" /> <strong>                       Autho
 r Rob Shaw</strong>[/caption]</td><td style="width: 10px"></td></tr></tbody
 ></table><p><strong><br />Thursday\, April 5th\, 2018</strong><br /><strong
 >5:00 PM – 6:30 PM</strong><br /><strong>Liu Institute for Global Issues\, 
 Multipurpose Room </strong><br /><strong>6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver – U
 BC Point Grey Campus</strong></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/
 d/e/1FAIpQLSdFKeziZVTuBw0DiGTtSOpV5FnxgG6w6wS5ingaVRNm1i6_ow/viewform?usp=s
 f_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>RSVP HERE!</strong></a></p><
 p><strong>Light refreshments provided.</strong></p><p><strong><a href="http
 s://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/A-matter-of-co
 nfidence-poster.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download the event post
 er here.</a></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><img class="aligncenter size
 -medium wp-image-4475" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/upload
 s/sites/5/2018/02/A-Matter-of-Confidence-197x300.jpg" alt="" width="197" he
 ight="300" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>About the book: <
 /strong>British Columbia's political arena has always been the site of dram
 atic rises and falls\, infighting\, scandal\, and come-from-behind victorie
 s. However\, no one was prepared for the historic events of spring 2017\, w
 hen the Liberal government of Christy Clark\, one of the most polarizing pr
 emiers in recent history\, was toppled. <em>A Matter of Confidence</em> giv
 es readers an insider's look at the overconfidence that fueled the rise and
  fall of Clark's premiership and the historic non-confidence vote that defe
 ated her government and ended her political career. Beginning with this piv
 otal moment\, the book goes back and chronicles the downfall of Clark's pre
 decessor\, Gordon Campbell\, which led to her unlikely victory in 2013\, an
 d traces the events leading up to her defeat at the hands of her NDP and Gr
 een opponents. Told by reporters Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman\, who covered
  every moment of the election cycle\, and illustrated by candid and extensi
 ve interviews with political insiders from both sides of the aisle includin
 g Christy Clark and John Horgan this book is a must read for anyone who car
 es about BC politics and the future of the province.</p><p><strong>Author b
 ios: </strong>Rob Shaw has covered the BC legislature since 2009\, first as
  the legislative reporter for the <em>Victoria Times Colonist</em> and curr
 ently as the legislative columnist for <em>The Vancouver Sun</em>. His stor
 ies have appeared in local and national newspapers through the Postmedia Ne
 ws chain.​</p><p>​Richard Zussman has covered the BC legislature since 2014
 \, first as the legislative reporter for the CBC and currently as a reporte
 r based at the legislature for Global News. His stories have appeared on lo
 cal and national television\, radio and online.</p><p><strong>Hosted by</st
 rong>: The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, as part of the
  School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> <img
  class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4485" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.
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 idth="300" height="56" /></td><td><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-imag
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