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And could this really be the same government that says it will now ban corporate and union donations to political parties, after unapologetically raking in millions from corporations and lobbyists for years?

“We are not about to change a thing,” cabinet minister Rich Coleman huffed just three months ago, insisting nobody in the public cared about B.C.’s unlimited political porkapalooza.

Who knows how many more reversals and climbdowns we’ll see by Thursday? With the Liberals in full retreat, we could see the most flip-flops this side of a Waikiki beach shop.

Why is the hard-headed Clark suddenly morphing into a soft-hearted mushball? Because her governing Liberals are about to be kicked out of power, that’s why.

The Liberals know their last election campaign was an uninspiring stinker. Though the Liberals still got the most votes and won the most seats, they lost majority control of the legislature, and the NDP and Green parties have vowed to vote Clark down at the first opportunity.

So what you’re seeing now is a preview of an overhauled Liberal platform for the next election, which Clark clearly hopes will come sooner rather than later. She even held public meetings in Courtenay-Comox on Monday, one of the formerly Liberal ridings she needs to win back.

Meanwhile, the Liberals are still raking those unlimited corporate and lobbyist donations while they can — and refusing to disclose them on their website.

The Liberals made a big deal about their new “real-time disclosure” of campaign cash, arguing it was OK to accept massive donations as long as they told the public as soon as the loot hit the party bank account.