Monday October 7, 2024 | MAPLE RIDGE, BC
BC ELECTION CAMPAIGN DAY 17 of 28
BC election campaign news coverage by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
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While delivering a campaign announcement in Maple Ridge this morning, BC NDP Premier David Eby said about BC Conservative leader John Rustad, in the context of Rustad’s views that have a different take on how Indigenous peoples were treated in the past in BC:
“He is a hateful individual and I think the values of British Columbians and the values of Vancouver-Point Grey are completely at odds with him and with the BC Conservative party conspiracy theory-laden, anti-science, climate-change-is-a-hoax perspective.”
Eby is running for re-election in Vancouver-Point Grey, a key Vancouver riding where he beat then-premier Christy Clark in 2013 in a major victory for the BC NDP on the heels (by that time) 12 years of BC Liberal government, forcing her to find another riding to run in (in order to get back to having a seat in the BC Legislative Assembly).
This comes one day ahead of #BCElxn2024 televised leaders debate, and it couldn’t be a more powerful reminder of the core strength of this 48-year-old lawyer who now has two years under his belt as Premier.
“I can’t wait for the community debate to call out that kind of hateful behaviour, to point out the important differences of a government that supports parents with child care, better schools with educational assistants and counsellors to support kids to be successful, build afford housing to support them with the cost of daily life immediately, and the hateful conspiracy theories and the vision of a significantly more expensive BC advanced by the BC Conservatives.”
Tomorrow night’s debate (October 8) will be on Global TV at 6:30 pm to 8 pm. [Link to come]
===== RELATED:
- BC Leaders debate on October 8 on Global TV (October 8, 2024 – link to come)
- Voting & governance in BC: two-party system evolving to three-party framework (October 6, 2024)
- BC party leaders clash in radio debate Oct 2 (October 2, 2024)
- BC Greens push for well-being framework in Election 2024 (October 1, 2024)
- Eby’s sunny Friday pit-stop in Oak Bay (September 27, 2024)
- Eby launches BC NDP campaign in Surrey (September 20, 2024)
- BC Greens pitch smart economy & robust safety net (September 10, 2024)
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