BC Conservatives

• B.C. Conservative leader pledges not to ‘reopen the abortion debate’

  The leader of the BC Conservatives has issued a statement pledging "not to reopen the abortion debate" after one of his MLAs appeared to suggest motherhood begins at conception.

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  May 9
  
• Data shows BC NDP with hefty cash advantage heading into 2024 election

  Data released by Elections BC on Monday showed the New Democrats raised more than $4.5 million in donations in 2023, from more than 15,619 donors. 

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  Apr 8
  
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• Poll shows BC Conservatives making inroads among federal Conservative voters

  According to data released by the Angus Reid Institute on Monday, 56 per cent of would-be Conservative Party of Canada voters would cast their ballot for the BC Conservatives.

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  Apr 1
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• B.C. Conservatives dump controversial doctor candidate hours after announcing him

  Stephen Malthouse's licence to practise medicine in B.C. has been suspended since March 2022, amid an investigation launched after complaints from other doctors. 

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  Mar 28
• B.C. Conservatives pledge to eliminate Surrey portables by increasing class sizes

  Leader John Rustad unveiled the policy on Monday, saying the current situation, with students learning in close to 400 portables in the school district, sucks.

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  Feb 26
• BC United starts media blitz as poll shows official Opposition party in 3rd place

  A new poll from Vancouver-based Research Co. found B.C.'s Official Opposition BC United party is trailing not only the governing BC NDP, but also the upstart BC Conservative Party.

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  Jan 31
• B.C. Conservatives awaken from decades in dormancy ahead of 2024 vote

  It's been a banner year for B.C.'s long dormant Conservatives, who achieved official party status with Leader John Rustad and Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman in the legislature.

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  Dec 12, 2023
• Political shift underway in B.C., says confident Tory Leader John Rustad

  Some recent polls suggest the Tories, who received less than two per cent of the vote in the 2020 election and did not win a seat, would finish second if an election were held now.

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  Dec 6, 2023
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• Climate politics heating up in British Columbia

  Climate change has become a hot button political issue in British Columbia with opposition parties launching election-style attacks on the NDP's clean climate policies.

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  Nov 22, 2023
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• New poll gives BC NDP big lead, BC United and BC Conservatives tied for 2nd

  The poll, conducted by Research Co., found David Eby's NDP with 48 per cent support, while B.C.'s two opposition parties on the right were tied around 20 per cent.

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  Sep 26, 2023