VICTORIA – Gordon Campbell was in a buoyant mood as he left the legislative chamber after his final question period as premier.
“Free at last, free at last,” he said, quoting a traditional song made famous by U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King. The shackles of high office officially remain around his ankles for another week or so, but with a stand-pat budget awaiting the next premier’s priorities, his 27-year career as an elected politician is effectively over.
Campbell’s
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