US EditionNDP, Conservatives focus on battleground B.C. heading into final election week
- The federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is campaigning on Vancouver Island to promote pharmacare and support candidate Lisa Marie Barron.
- Singh emphasized the need for immediate expansion of pharmacare to cover essential medicines within a year.
- He highlighted voter concerns about the cost of living, housing, and health care, noting that the NDP is the only party advocating for health care defense and pharmacare expansion.
- Singh encouraged voters to consider their values in the election, asserting that voting New Democrat is the best way to stop Conservatives on Vancouver Island.
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A Sikh-heavy Conservative slate is ready to rumble in B.C.'s Lower Mainland
DELTA, B.C. — First-time Conservative candidate Jessy Sahota hopes to punch his ticket to the notoriously quarrelsome House of Commons in next Monday's election, but he could easily have ended up in a much different arena of combat.
Conservatives roll out ads without Poilievre in final stretch of campaign | Power & Politics
The Conservatives released two ads with no images of party leader Pierre Poilievre: an endorsement by Stephen Harper, and an ad that shows two golfers criticizing Liberal Leader Mark Carney but making no mention of Poilievre. The Power Panel discusses whether these new ads will appeal to voters in the final stretch of the campaign.
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NDP, Conservatives focus on battleground B.C. heading into final election week
OTTAWA — The Conservatives and NDP spent the weekend hunting votes in British Columbia — a key late-campaign battleground that one pollster says may offer Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre his best shot at victory.
North Island-Powell River riding profile
Geographically, the riding of North-Island Powell River is the largest on Vancouver Island and extends to the mainland as well. It stretches from Comox and East Courtenay to Port Hardy, and includes Powell River, Texada Island and a large part of B.C.’s Central Coast. But the population is spread out, with 126,000 people living in the main communities of Comox, East Courtenay, Campbell River, Powell River, Port McNeill and Port Hardy. Watch the …
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