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Grand Chief Stewart Phillip endorses David Eby for BC Premier
VANCOUVER -Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is endorsing BC NDP Leader David Eby as “the best choice as leader of this province.”
“I'm deeply honoured to have the support of my friend Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, one of our strongest champions for justice,” said David Eby. “I look...
Eby challenges Doerkson on Massey cancellation
DELTA - Today David Eby stood with the workers who are on site currently building the Massey Tunnel replacement. He dared Lorne Doerkson to explain to those workers why Doerkson would fire them, set the project back years, and make commuters wait.
Here are David Eby's comments:
“We...
Statement from Dana Lajeunesse, BC NDP candidate for Juan de Fuca–Malahat, regarding harmful comments made by BC Conservative candidate
"When I heard BC Conservative candidate Mike Hicks say that First Nations ‘have to be conquered,’ I thought I must have heard wrong. Then he said it again.
"I was just as shocked as everyone else in the room.
"Mike Hicks’ attempts to explain away his comments miss the point. The word...
BC NDP commits to new Urgent and Primary Care Centre in Port Hardy
Conservatives’ $5 billion fiscal gap puts rural health-care investments in question
PORT HARDY – A re-elected BC NDP government will open a new Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) in Port Hardy, giving people on the North Island another option for getting medical attention when they need it and helping...
BC NDP commits to new Urgent and Primary Care Centre in Greater Victoria
Conservatives’ $5 billion fiscal gap puts health-care investments at risk
VICTORIA – A re-elected BC NDP government will open a new Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) in the Capital Regional District, giving more people access to timely care for illnesses and injuries close to home while helping ease...
BC NDP commits to expanding involuntary care in the Okanagan
KELOWNA – A re-elected BC NDP government will invest up to $90 million to establish involuntary care at the Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver for people experiencing severe mental health and addictions challenges along with complex brain injuries.
People experiencing these concurrent...
BC NDP candidates bring vision for Surrey to Board of Trade debate
Only 2 Conservative candidates attend as Eby pledges new Charter for Surrey
SURREY — Only two BC Conservatives candidates bothered to show up to Thursday evening’s Surrey–White Rock Board of Trade All Candidates Debate, showing a lack of respect for voters south of the Fraser. On the other hand, all ten...
BC NDP to build new middle school for Burke Mountain
COQUITLAM - A re-elected BC NDP government will build a new middle school for students in the Burke Mountain neighbourhood, complementing the new 1,000 seat secondary school that is nearing completion.
“Parents and grandparents here still remember the last time conservative politicians were...
Doerkson would bring back red tape for homebuilders, slow construction
Interim BC Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson would bring back the old red tape that blocked housing construction and caused the housing crisis in the first place.
At the debate on Wednesday night, Lorne Doerkson doubled down on the BC Conservatives’ longstanding opposition to a signature plank of David Eby...
Doerkson’s $5 billion uncosted gap would be paid for by cuts to schools, hospitals: Eby
Conservatives admitted that education and health care would “take the brunt” of cuts
COQUITLAM –Lorne Doerskon has refused to explain how he would pay for $5 billion in uncosted campaign promises. BC NDP Leader David Eby said this morning that history, and Doerkson’s own caucus, already point to the...
Doerkson hiding from his plans to cancel Massey replacement, cut healthcare
Why this matters to you: Your commute gets longer: Over 200 workers are building the Massey Tunnel replacement right now. Doerkson would stop the work and start over, adding years of delays. $3 billion at risk: Restarting the project puts the federal government’s $3 billion commitment on the line, which will end up...
Doerkson drops another candidate in no-hope seat while defending Maahs
Why this matters to you: A double standard: Doerkson dropped a candidate promoting nazi views in Vancouver-Strathcona, where his party got just 12% of the vote in 2024. Others stay on the team: Candidate Heather Maahs and campaign director Katy Merrifield remain, even after Doerkson admitted Maahs’s comments about...