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BC VOTES 2024
Campaigns kick off in an election full of intrigue
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TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
BRENT RICHTER
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The writs have been issued. Lawn signs are being pounded in. British Columbia’s 43rd general election is now underway. And UBC political scientist Stewart Prest is not making any predictions. “It looks very close to a dead heat, if we were to believe the polls,” he said. “This is a really open election and the campaign, therefore, is going to be quite important.” Prest said there is a high degree of frustration with political systems in much of the democratic world currently, which is manifesting itself in the rhetoric shaping the Oct. 19 election. Prest said affordability – particularly the cost of housing – will be one of the key issues of the election. The NDP’s plan seeks to spur the construction of hundreds of thousands of new homes. The Conservatives have said they will repeal the NDP’s housing supply laws and instead are pitching a tax credit tied to mortgage and rent payments. “The parties are really staking out pretty starkly different approaches to the problem, and so voters are going to have a clear choice on that issue,” Prest said. Like other issues coming up frequently – healthcare wait times, homelessness and public safety, and transportation – Prest said British Columbians owe it themselves to exercise Continued on A35
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BANNER DAY Tsleil-Waututh Nation councilor Charlene Aleck stands in front of a Truth and Reconciliation banner designed by her daughter Ocean Hyland. See page 22 for a special feature marking the fourth annual National Day For Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN
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