Dave Barrett recalled as a visionary progressive … and a great wit

Dave Barrett was magic onstage.
“He could play an audience like a violin, and they sang back to him,” said a former colleague, Bob Williams.
But Barrett was far more than just a gifted campaigner. Another former B.C. premier, Glen Clark, marvels at how much Barrett accomplished in his three years of power between 1972 and 1975.
“I think he’s the most underestimated or underrated individual that I can imagine in British Columbia,” said Clark.
“People don’