Canada · 14 d ago
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B.C. election race tightens as Eby and Doerkson make their final pitch
BC Conservatives
46%
BC NDP
43%
An Angus Reid Institute poll of 793 British Columbians, taken Oct 15 to 19, puts the BC Conservatives at 46 per cent and the BC NDP at 43 per cent, a statistical tie. The Greens stand at eight per cent.
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Premier David Eby, who called the snap election, points to falling rents, thousands more doctors and nurses and a program aimed at repeat violent offenders. The Conservatives point to a projected $13.8-billion deficit, and more than a million people still have no family doctor.
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Lorne Doerkson, a 58-year-old MLA from Williams Lake, was chosen interim Conservative leader last month after Kerry-Lynne Findlay quit. He says his top priority in government would be to repeal DRIPA, the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
Surrey
Metro Vancouver, British Columbia
Both leaders are courting Surrey's 10 ridings, where one 2024 race was decided by 22 votes. Both have pledged a SkyTrain extension to Newton and another hospital in the city.
Oct
24
Saturday
British Columbia
British Columbians vote on Saturday, Oct 24, after advance voting opened Oct 16. In the poll, 73 per cent of Conservative voters are very certain of their choice, against 54 per cent of NDP voters.
