Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Dirk Meissner and Brieanna Charlebois
Publication Date: October 3, 2024 - 18:03
B.C. NDP unveils election platform, focusing on ‘tough challenges’ and John Rustad
October 3, 2024
New Democrat Leader David Eby says he will help British Columbia households with a $1,000 grocery rebate, in an election platform that mentions rival B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad more than 50 times.The platform launch on Thursday also prompted Eby to reject the ideological concerns of another critic: multi-billionaire Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, who has posted a sign outside his home in Eby’s Vancouver-Point Grey constituency saying “the NDP is ‘Communist.”’
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The BC NDP has rolled out its complete election platform, tallying up commitments ranging from more before-and-after school care to an affordability rebate – and amounting to almost $3-billion in added spending to the province’s unprecedented deficit.NDP Leader David Eby, who launched the platform Thursday at a home in Surrey-Serpentine River, one of the key battleground ridings in the Oct. 19 election, said the extra expenditure is justified and necessary to respond to the economic challenges facing British Columbians today.
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