VANCOUVER – Tom Mulcair says he’s proud of the NDP’s performance in British Columbia during last month’s federal election despite the party’s disappointing national showing.
The New Democrat leader says while the Canada-wide campaign experienced lots of ups and downs, in B.C. it was mostly ups.
On the West Coast the party managed to increase its seat count from 12 to 14.
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But worse-than-expected national results saw the NDP’s overall presence in Ottawa collapse from 103 to 44 MPs.
Mulcair says his party will be an effective opposition and press the new Liberal government to introduce electoral reform, to launch an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal woman and to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
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Mulcair was in Vancouver to deliver the keynote address at the provincial NDP’s annual convention.
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