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B.C. election campaigns enter second week with candidate, policy announcements
Parties are unveiling tax, child-care and candidate plans as they try to sharpen their messages before the Oct. 24 election.
- On Saturday, NDP Leader David Eby campaigned at the UBC farmers market, introducing nine new candidates including former Richmond-Queensborough MLA Aman Singh for Vancouver-Fraserview and hinting at an upcoming economic announcement.
- The NDP attacked the OneBC platform, claiming it would raise the provincial deficit; OneBC defended the plan by referencing tax cuts under former Premier Gordon Campbell that returned the province to surplus.
- Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson pledged his party would "never raise taxes" if elected October 24 and called for repeal of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity program, known as SOGI, in schools.
- CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko says her party is "putting the final touches" on a platform focused on affordability and fiscal responsibility, positioning it as an alternative to Premier Eby's record.
- Green Leader Emily Lowan continued her campaign on Vancouver Island, holding a policy event in Sidney on child care and unveiling her party's candidate for the Victoria-Swan Lake riding.
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B.C. election campaigns enter second week with candidate, policy announcements
VANCOUVER - The campaigns for the upcoming British Columbia election enter their second week, with major parties gearing up policy announcements and candidate nominations.
·Toronto, Canada
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