Election 2026: Campaign Roundup - Day 6

Welcome to Day 6 of our British Columbia 2026 Campaign Roundup!

We're 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 6:

• Lorne Doerkson gave an interview with CBC, outlining his views and priorities as he leads the BC Conservatives into the October 24 election. He discussed conservative values, uniting the party, SOGI, Indigenous issues, climate change, and the challenges facing the province.
  
  
• Former BC Conservative leadership candidate Caroline Elliott has confirmed that she will run for the party in West Vancouver-Capilano. Elliott narrowly lost to Kerry-Lynne Findlay in May’s leadership race, finishing just 2% behind her in the final runoff. She becomes the second of the five final leadership contestants to announce a candidacy in the snap election.
  
  
• OneBC has started announcing their candidates, including Hunter Corrigal in Kootenay Central, AJ Wolfe in Kootenay-Rockies, Robin Roy in Abbotsford South, Warren Hamm in Penticton-Summerland, and Jim McMurtry in Delta South.
  
  
• The BC Conservatives have made their first policy announcement of the campaign, with leader Lorne Doerkson pledging that a Conservative government would not raise taxes on British Columbians. The party says the commitment would remain in place for the entirety of its government, if elected.
  
  
• Elections BC is hiring approximately 17,000 short-term workers ahead of the October 24th provincial election. Most positions will be for election day, with pay ranging from $342 to $460 per day, plus paid training. Applicants must be at least 15 and legally entitled to work in BC, with positions including ballot issuing officers, information officers and voting equipment officers.

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