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Cutting tax and simultaneously fixing the budget "are contradictory," said Werner Antweiler, a professor at the University of British Columbia.

Among the first order of business is to secure his own leadership on paper, as Lorne Doerkson is still technically the interim leader of the party.

All 93 writs will be returned by Nov. 18, marking the end of the election, with MLAs sworn in the next day and Lorne Doerkson and his ministers to be sworn in on Nov. 20.

BC Conservatives pledged to end open drug use, improve access to mental health care and empower police to enforce the Mental Health Act to connect people with mandatory treatment.

Lorne Doerkson needed 47 seats to win a majority and the BC Conservatives' MLAs are projected to win more than 60 seats in this election.

The city's newly elected mayor, Doug McCallum, said in a statement that only the BC Conservatives have committed to the expansion, while the BC NDP "offered a meeting."

The poll shows the BC Conservatives at 44 per cent, up one from the last poll, while the BC NDP are still five points behind at 39 per cent, and the BC Green Party at 13 per cent.

Dr. Habib Ur-Rehman, recently arrived in B.C. from the U.K., said in the letter that he felt compelled to write it about his concerns about health care.

NDP Leader David Eby and interim BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson traded barbs about the future of the no-fault insurance model, which was introduced by the BC NDP in 2021.

Social media posts from Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate Joachim Agou came to light this week, which targeted the Pakistani and Palestinian communities.

The NDP government introduced the no-fault insurance system in 2021, that generally prevents car accident victims from suing.

The poll shows the BC Conservatives have the support of 43 per cent of decided voters, which puts them five-points ahead of the BC NDP, which have 38 per cent of support.

The poll shows that the BC Conservatives have at least marginal leads in every region in the province, with a large lead among Punjabi and Chinese speakers.

If elected, the BC Conservatives said they would hire up to 1,000 new police officers, crown prosecutors and trial judges and end safe supply.

The BC Conservatives are leading in the polls as the snap election campaign gets underway, but Sunday is leader Lorne Doerkson's first official campaign announcement.

David Eby said the measures would save the average two-car family up to $100 per month, but would also cost the provincial treasury about $250 million.

Interim Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson, who replaced Findlay on Sunday, says NDP Leader David Eby is going to regret Tuesday's election call.

BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson visited a family whose Summerland home was destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire in the summer.

The Ipsos poll shows that support for the BC Conservatives is at 42 per cent, up seven, while the BC NDP support is at 40 per cent, which is down five.

Forty-three per cent of leaning and decided voters in the Angus Reid poll intend to vote for the BC Conservatives, up six points in just nine days.