Party leaders Eby and Rustad joust over health care as B.C. election campaign gets under way | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Justine Hunter
Publication Date: September 22, 2024 - 20:07

Party leaders Eby and Rustad joust over health care as B.C. election campaign gets under way

September 22, 2024
NDP Leader David Eby kicked off the election campaign in British Columbia warning that a provincial Conservative government would gut health care spending – a claim his rival dismissed as a bold lie.Mr. Eby spent the weekend touring swing ridings around the vote-rich Lower Mainland, telling supporters that a change in government will reduce health care services. Meanwhile Conservative Leader John Rustad is making costly health care commitments, and he says this will mean more spending, not less.

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