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British Columbia Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau, Conservative Leader John Rustad and NDP Leader David Eby pose for a photograph before a leaders’ debate on Oct. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. election: Party proposals on climate action point in opposite directions

Kathryn Harrison, University of British Columbia

Reversals by British Columbia’s NDP and Conservative leaders may give the impression that the parties’ positions on climate have converged. But the contrasts are stark as election day looms.
In this combination photo, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad speaks during a campaign stop in Abbotsford, and B.C. NDP Leader David Eby speaks during a campaign stop, in Langley, B.C., both on Sept. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

How the British Columbia election is being haunted by the ghosts of 1952

Philip Resnick, University of British Columbia

More than 70 years ago, right-wing W.A.C. Bennett became a B.C. political powerhouse after a failed Liberal-NDP coalition. There are parallels to today’s rise of the B.C. Conservatives.

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  1. 2024 B.C. election
  2. B.C. Conservatives
  3. B.C. NDP
  4. British Columbia
  5. David Eby
  6. Forest fires
  7. John Rustad

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