The B.C. election got off to an ugly start Tuesday when an NDP candidate was forced to quit over inflammatory statements about aboriginals.
NDP leader Adrian Dix accepted the resignation of Kelowna-Mission candidate Dayleen Van Ryswyk, saying she made unacceptable comments in Internet postings involving the compensation for First Nations.
A new Ipsos Reid poll conducted exclusively for Global News shows that almost half of British Columbians think Dix handled the issue well.
49 per cent of respondents thought Dix did a good job dealing with the issue, while 15 per cent thought he did a poor job and 36 per cent didn’t know.
- Among BC Liberal voters: 35% Good Job, 30% Poor Job, 35% don’t know
- Among NDP voters: 73% Good Job, 3% Poor Job, 24% don’t know
Ipsos Reid also asked what people thought about the BC Liberals’ promise to hold a referendum for Metro Vancouver residents into Translink funding.
48 per cent of respondents thought it was a good idea, 31 per cent thought it was a bad idea and 11 per cent didn’t know.
- Among BC Liberal voters: 57% Good Idea, 30% Bad Idea, 13% don’t know
- Among NDP voters: 44% Good Idea, 34% Bad Idea, 22% don’t know
The Ipsos Reid poll surveyed 600 adult British Columbians, including 350 Metro Vancouver residents and was conducted online. The margin of error is±4.0%, 19 times out of 20 for the full sample and ±5.2%, 19 times out of 20 for the Metro Vancouver sample.
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