Eby’s effort to draw parallels between Trump, Rustad may not work
BC NDP Leader David Eby tried to use the looming shadow of the U.S. presidential debate Tuesday to link Donald Trump and BC Conservative Leader John Rustad as threats to women’s reproductive rights. But it didn’t quite land with the impact New Democrats had hoped.
“When it comes to the issue of abortion, this issue is settled in terms of it and as the Conservative Party of British Columbia we’re not going to reopen this debate,” Rustad said.“When I hear a leadership candidate say it's a federal issue, what he's really saying is I don't want to tell you what my position is, and I'm going to be the premier and making decisions about where those health-care dollars go,” Eby said, flanked by two couples who had used IVF to conceive.
New Democrats clearly hoped they could drag this angle of attack out for weeks, if not the entire election campaign.
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