The British Columbia Conservative Party is mirroring the strategies of the federal Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, in their provincial election campaign. This includes adopting a platform focused on fiscal conservatism and skepticism towards modern trends. The move has drawn both support and controversy within conservative circles.
British Columbia’s provincial election campaign is a “semi-shadow box of the federal election,” says University of B.C. political scientist Stewart Prest.
“The BC Conservatives are trying to look and sound and talk and act like the federal conservatives, and they are doing so pretty successfully,” said Prest. The BC Conservatives were also subject to an anonymous campaign on now-shuttered FireJohnRustad.ca that pointed out other candidates that were said to be unaligned with the party’s more conservative values, such as former BC Liberal Teresa Wat, now a star BC Conservative candidate; Wat forged close relations with the Chinese Communist Party in China and CCP-aligned entities in B.C.
Conservatives try to align Eby with Trudeau Prest said the BC Conservatives have also tried to draw a line from Eby to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is faltering in the polls. On Sep. 23, the BC Conservatives issued a statement titled ‘Conservative Party of British Columbia Condemns Eby-Trudeau for Turning a Blind Eye to Dangerous Criminal Activity at Nanaimo Drug Den.’
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh mostly on the sidelines As for federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, he has been largely on the sidelines outside of an appearance door-knocking with Burnaby candidate Reah Arora on Oct. 4, according to Arora’s post on X.com.
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