Election 2024: Campaign Roundup - Day 23

Welcome to Day 23 of our British Columbia 2024 Campaign Roundup!

With the 2024 BC election now finally underway, we'll be bringing you daily updates on all the policy proclamations, platform promises, and political point-scoring from the campaign trail.

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Campaign Roundup - Day 23:

• BC Conservative Party Leader John Rustad was in Surrey, where he spoke about the rising use of food banks. He promised to work with food banks and community kitchens to provide consistent annual funding.
  
  
• Rustad also promised that his party would not cut frontline healthcare workers' jobs, hours or wages, and that they would not be cutting the wages or pay of any teachers.
  
  
• The BC Conservatives claimed victory for Paul Ratchford, their candidate in Vancouver - Point Grey, a riding currently held by BC NDP Leader David Eby, after Ratchford and Eby debated at an all-candidates event in the riding.
  
  
• Harman Bhangu, BC Conservative Party candidate for Langley - Abbotsford, released a new campaign video. He said that, if you’re stuck in traffic this long weekend, to blame David Eby for the infrastructure bottlenecks. He touted his party’s plan to build bridges, expand highways, and improve the province’s infrastructure.
  
  
• BC NDP candidates were out campaigning and door-knocking. Susie Chant (North Vancouver - Seymour) was on the doors with a local City Council member, Darlene Rotchford (Esquimalt - Colwood) was encouraging people to head to the advance polls, and Sarah Riddell (Saanich North and the Islands) shared a video about healthcare solutions.
  
  
• New polling suggests that BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau could win her Victoria - Beacon Hill riding. Furstenau is running in an NDP stronghold after moving to Victoria to be closer to family. The Mainstreet Research poll showed Furstenau leading with 36%, ahead of BC NDP candidate Grace Lore at 28%.

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