Murphy Abraham, former Chief of Lake Babine Nation and a dedicated community leader, will run with the BC NDP in Nechako Lakes.

Murphy Abraham is a dedicated community leader in Burns Lake and across the Nechako Lakes region. In elected office, he has taken action to make life better for his constituents, securing $50 million to build community cultural centres, as well as overseeing a 20,000 hectare land transfer to return territory to the Lake Babine Nation. Now, he's ready to take action to build housing, strengthen healthcare, and make life more affordable for the people of Nechako Lakes.

"People in my community know that we're facing big challenges. And the BC NDP is ready to take those challenges on," said Abraham. "David Eby's BC NDP team is building homes for people, hiring doctors and nurses, and putting money back in your pocket. John Rustad, for his part, has a record of costs and cuts. We can't afford the risk."

Since forming government in July 2017, the BC NDP has taken action on crucial issues that matter to the people of Nechako Lakes, including:

• Putting people ahead of speculators and investors by bringing in tough new restrictions on short-term rentals and a speculation tax, plus simplified approvals that make it easier and faster to get 300,000 new homes built;
• Connecting people to the care they need by hiring over 800 more family doctors, licensing internationally-educated healthcare workers in BC and building a new medical school at SFU Surrey to train even more doctors;
• Helping people with costs by eliminating MSP Premiums, reducing ICBC rates by $500 a year, boosting the BC Family Benefit by $445, cutting childcare fees in half, and making birth control free; and
• Taking action to create 75,000 good paying jobs in the last year to make BC an economic leader in Canada, with the highest wages in the country.

"Murphy has a long record of acting to make his constituents' lives better, whether it's building community cultural centres or running sports and cultural programs for young people," said Premier David Eby. "The people of Nechako Lakes can count on him to have their back."

Murphy Abraham will join David Eby and 91 other exceptional BC NDP candidates in this fall’s provincial election, all committed to real action to help people build a good life here in BC.