Drug policy and housing shortages are emerging as the top issues early in British Columbia's election campaign. The 2024 B.C. election campaign is officially underway.
UNBC political scientist Jason Morris takes us through the highlights from the first few days of the B.C. election campaign.
Drug policy and housing shortages are emerging as the top issues early in British Columbia’s election campaign. New Democrat Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad spent much of the campaign’s first weekend traversing Metro Vancouver, from Richmond to North Vancouver to Surrey to Langley, signaling the importance of winning ridings in urban areas.
Rustad launched his campaign in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside CRAB park, an area associated with homeless encampments and people with addiction and mental health issues.He turned up his focus on the drug issue on Sunday, releasing a statement saying the B.C. Conservatives commit to shutting down injection sites in Richmond and calling them drug dens.
Eby and Green Leader Sonia Furstenau denounced the statement, saying Rustad had voiced support for safe drug injection sites earlier this month.U.S. Election 2024: Questions arise over groups door-knocking for Donald TrumpU.S. election 2024: Harris accepts CNN invite to 2nd debate, Trump says it’s ‘too late’Viewed
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