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BREAKING: The BC Conservative Party announces star candidate @NVanCaroline will run in West Vancouver - Capilano.
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"If you don't sell these units in the next year, we will impose a tax on you... and that tax could be a lot higher."
@Dave_Eby threatens property owners with steeper tax penalties if condo units aren't listed within the next year.
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"Uh, my notes?"
@Dave_Eby kicked off his press conference today cracking a joke about his notes after his previous viral moment this week.
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BC NDP's Niki Sharma says the snap election is "a decision of their doing, not ours," pinning the timing on the BC Conservatives.
Premier @Dave_Eby called the vote Tuesday, 48 hours after Conservative leader @KerryLynneFindl resigned and less than halfway through his mandate.
62% of British Columbians say it's too soon for an election.
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Canadians shouldn't expect relief from the trade war anytime soon, with U.S. Trade Representative @jamiesongreer saying Washington is "comfortable with where we are" after Prime Minister @MarkJCarney walked away from talks in August.
Greer says the U.S. is still getting Canada's oil, gas and potash despite 50% tariffs on both sides, adding "we gave them a deal. They left."
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The Parliamentary Budget Officer says Prime Minister @MarkJCarney's operating budget target is a year behind, not ahead.
Carney claims Ottawa will balance day-to-day spending by 2027-28, but the PBO puts it at 2029-30 and calls the government's accounting "subjective."
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"Norm busting" and "dirty pool."
Andrew Coyne slams @Dave_Eby's snap election call against the BC Conservatives saying it's "unprecedented in Canadian history."
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Nearly two in three British Columbians believe Premier @Dave_Eby is putting his own grip on power ahead of the province's interests, according to a new Angus Reid poll.
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The BC Conservatives have nominated nearly three times as many candidates as the governing NDP, with 35 names already locked in for the next provincial election.
The NDP sits at just 13, while the Greens and OneBC have 4 each and CentreBC has 3.
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Potential B.C. Conservative candidate @NVanCaroline wants the party to stop running from the culture war.
The former leadership runner-up says a party promising "free enterprise and nothing else" won't fix British Columbia ahead of the Oct. 24 snap election, the National Post reports. 🧵👇 (1/6)
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"It is absurd to think that I would be supportive of a bully south of the border."
BC Conservative leader @LDoerkson pushed back on @Dave_Eby’s election justification, calling comparisons to Trumpian politics "absurd."
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