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Statement from Premier David Eby
Premier David Eby issued the following statement:
"Based on today’s final vote count, and pending judicial recounts, British Columbians have asked our BC NDP team to lead our province for a third time. It is an incredible honour and a huge responsibility. We are listening to the message voters sent with...
Statement from Premier David Eby
Premier David Eby issued the following statement:
"I want to thank everyone who cast a ballot in this important election about the future of our province. Our democratic institutions remain strong and British Columbians can have faith that every vote will be counted.
"While the count will be finalized...
What john rustad and his candidates believe
In the last 28 days, we’ve learned a lot about John Rustad and the views he accepts on his team:
That “the masses have bought into a lie” about climate science.
That wildfires are “intentionally ignited by ‘climate change’...
Eby warns Rustad’s cuts and cancellations will cost B.C. families
BC NDP will cut taxes for the middle class while making speculators and billionaires pay their fair share
VANCOUVER— David Eby shared his plan to help people get ahead in ridings across Metro Vancouver, warning that John Rustad’s cuts and cancellations would cost middle-class...
Rustad’s plan to raise rent caps could cost renters hundreds of dollars a month
VANCOUVER— John Rustad has said he is against rent caps that protect renters from unfair increases. If John Rustad and the BC Conservatives form the next government, renters could end up paying hundreds of dollars more each month if rent caps are removed. In September, CBC reported that John Rustad told a private...
“Let’s stick together” to stop Rustad from importing American-style healthcare: Eby
Rustad’s two-tier health care plan to will drain doctors, nurses from B.C. hospitals
NANAIMO – At the first of four campaign events on Vancouver Island, David Eby outlined his plan to deliver stronger health care and warned of the risk John Rustad’s plan for American-style two-tier health care would...
Statement by Murphy Abraham on Douglas Gook’s 9/11 comments
BURNS LAKE – Murphy Abraham, BC NDP candidate for Nechako Lakes, released the following statement:
“People here have already had their fill of bizarre and dangerous conspiracy theories from John Rustad who says the COVID vaccine was used for “population control” and that kids are going...
John Rustad told supporters he wants American-style user-pay healthcare
At a Fort St. John town hall meeting in August, John Rustad said he supports changing the Canada Health Act to allow two-tier, user-pay healthcare:
“So the question just so everybody knows: will we allow for user-pay health care in the province? Under the Canadian Health Act we cannot do that. So that's...
Sturko was aware of Brent Chapman’s views before she defected to B.C. Conservatives
Elenore Sturko was fully aware of Brent Chapman’s extreme views before she decided to run alongside him. Keith Baldrey recently reported on CKNW that Sturko described Chapman as “an extremist” and a “QAnon conspiracy theorist” shortly before she defected:
Keith Baldrey: A week before Sturko made her...
BC NDP to expand cancer coverage for firefighters who risk their lives for our communities
SURREY – BC NDP candidate Mike Starchuk (Surrey-Cloverdale) has announced that if elected, the BC NDP will expand presumptive coverage for firefighters who experience higher rates of cancer.
“As a former firefighter, I’ve seen dear friends and colleagues find out they have cancer,” said...
Rustad’s “semi-costed” platform fails to impress
"Everything they could possibly think of went into this platform, except how to pay for it all." -Hamish Telford, University of the Fraser Valley.
“The BC Conservative Party released their “costed” platform...
MISSING PROMISES: Rustad’s Platform will Add up to Cuts for People
John Rustad and the BC Conservatives waited until 94 hours before election day, after more than half a million people had voted, to reveal to people that he doesn’t have plans to fund the bulk of his promises.
The wait was not worth it.
From infrastructure and child care to public safety and supports...