VICTORIA, BC — BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau responds to David Eby’s plea for votes:
“David Eby’s campaign has been a disappointment. He has aligned himself with John Rustad on expanding LNG and abandoning the carbon tax. He’s taken the same approach on involuntary care, ignoring the urgent need for mental health services to be covered under MSP. He even turns a blind eye to the role multinational investment companies play in our housing affordability crisis – just like Rustad.
“Eby and Rustad have also chosen to ignore the growing humanitarian crisis of homelessness and the failure of government systems to prevent it. His platform is nothing more than a collection of disjointed promises, with no plan to pay for them, and the tired old offer of tax credits – which do little to help those who need it most.
“Throughout his campaign, Eby has focused on telling people not to vote for the BC Conservatives, and now he’s telling people not to vote for the BC Greens. What he’s failed to demonstrate is why British Columbians should vote for the BC NDP, effectively squandering the multi-point lead he had for most of this year.
“Meanwhile, the BC Greens have campaigned on a clear vision of well-being and putting people first. We’ve presented a coherent, informed, thoughtful, and fully costed platform.
“Meaningful change comes from new ideas and forward thinking. Eby is offering more of the same tired status quo, while Rustad is stuck in the past, trying to drag us back to the 1950s. Real change for BC starts by putting Green solutions on the government’s agenda.
“And right now, we’ve got real momentum. We’re winning in Victoria-Beacon Hill and close to winning in ridings across the province. A vote for Green is a vote for meaningful, positive, progressive change – for our communities, our environment, and the future.”
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