Former longtime Delta-Richmond East MP John Cummins is the uncontested candidate for the B.C. Conservatives leadership. The provincial party will have a leadership convention next week in Surrey. Cummins has given the party a higher profile of late, including making news last week by saying being gay is a choice. The Optimist asked:

SHIRLEY TRIPP

I think so.

BRIAN WEBB

After his last comments in the press ... about people having a choice whether or not they want to have an alternative lifestyle. That's going to cause him a lot of grief, I think.

BOB PLOUFFE

I think he will because a moderate right wing party is needed.

STEWART GOODFELLOW

Yes. I think people, even though they don't want to admit it, respect his issues and how he stands up for what nobody wants to say.

DAN SCARR

It's debatable now after his last comments.