Housing and health care top issues for BC Conservative, NDP leaders on campaign trail

On the third official day of the B.C. election campaign, the leaders of the province’s two main political parties unveiled policies aimed at tackling the steep cost of renting or owning a home, as well as the inability for many to get quick access to health care.B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad began Monday in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey announcing a tax credit for renters and homeowners, through which people would eventually be able to claim up to $3,000 a month of their rent or mortgage as an exemption when filing their provincial income tax.