BC Votes 2020

B.C. Liberals used the gambit 19 years ago and although it sparked an argument, they felt it worked. The NDP used a modified, targeted version just three years ago, and are convinced it worked as well.

In the wake of anti-racism and Black Lives Matter rallies across B.C. and the world, Black community groups are calling on party leaders to make anti-racism policies central to their election campaigns.

So John Horgan has called a provincial election for Oct. 24. I’m an admirer of John and still, I hope, a friend. We had adjacent offices in government many years ago.

MAPLE RIDGE — The gap between the NDP and its former Green allies widened Thursday, as the focus of their campaigns shifted from the necessity of a snap election to child care.

Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson blasted the NDP Wednesday for “warehousing” people without homes in former hotels in Victoria and others cities during COVID-19 pandemic, but he provided no details of how a Liberal government would do things different

Elections BC says it’s been planning for a “pandemic election” since April, and chief electoral officer Anton Boegman says he believes all the necessary precautions are in place. The planning included a survey of voters in May and August.

British Columbians will go to the polls on Oct. 24 to choose the provincial government that will lead them through the COVID-19 pandemic and the next four years. Lt.-Gov.