Paper straws stir up B.C. election campaign as leaders jibe over taxes and communism

British Columbia’s main party leaders wanted to talk taxes Friday during the provincial election campaign, but couldn’t divert the conversation away from plastic straws and communism.New Democrat Leader David Eby fielded questions in Vancouver about the possible return of plastic straws and being called a communist by a business leader at an event his party organized to discuss plans to increase a housing tax to spur more rental properties.B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad waded into the housing tax debate, but not before saying he agreed with Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, who placed a large sign at the front of his Vancouver waterfront home saying Eby and his New Democrats are “communist.”