The front-running candidates in the Lethbridge-West byelection are preparing for a Christmas campaign, with the election on Dec. 18.
WATCH: Justin Sibbet reports.The byelection is in response to the NDP ’s Shannon Phillips stepping down earlier this summer, just over one year after she won her third election. She had taken down the UCP ’s Cheryl Seaborn by 2,549 votes in the 2023 Alberta general election.
Miyashiro says health care is target number one as the thousands of people who are without a family doctor are proof more needs to be done.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Miyashiro, however, says this byelection will be a statement to the UCP that the NDP is on the rise again.
“I’m grateful for Shannon and what she’s built in Lethbridge-West. For her, and the Alberta NDP in Lethbridge-West, to have built what we’ve built in three consecutive elections, unbelievable,” said Miyashiro.
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