B.C. election campaign ends with downpours, handshakes, tough questions
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A whirlwind 28-day campaign has now ended, undoubtedly going down in history one of the most unusual election campaigns British Columbians have ever seen.
A whirlwind 28-day campaign has now ended, undoubtedly going down in history one of the most unusual election campaigns British Columbians have ever seen.
Continuing revelations of bizarre or outright offensive comments by Conservative candidates, an incumbent New Democrat government working double-time to try and convince voters they deserve a second term, and a Green Party working alongside a slew of Independent candidates – most political orphans after the implosion of the BC United party – have given voters much to consider ahead of general voting day.
David Eby criss-crossed the Lower Mainland with five campaign stops in and out of heavy rainfall, courting Muslims disturbed by online comments made by a Conservative candidate but also posing tough questions to the NDP leader.
On Friday morning, he told reporters that he has no regrets about how he’s run the campaign.
“We have done all we can, we have left nothing on the table,” said Eby at a stop in Coquitlam. “It’s been absolutely critical for me to show up in this campaign, to be in front of British Columbians directly, to be available to answer questions because the challenges that British Columbians face are serious and they’re hard and they’re not solved easily with a tweet or a meme—they’re solved through hard work and plans.”
Eby was greeted by enthusiastic supporters in Coquitlam, North Vancouver, Surrey, and Maple Ridge, where the final stop of the campaign saw NDP supporters at four corners of a major downtown intersection cheering him on as passing motorists honked their horns in support.
The leader of the B.C. Conservatives didn’t have any public events on his schedule on Thursday, and his team eventually decided to allow journalists to a campaign rally in Surrey that was listed on the party’s website.
