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By Wolfgang Depner British Columbia Premier David Eby has called an election less than two years into his mandate and amid chaos within the B.C. Conservative Opposition whose leader quit days ago. The NDP Leader went to Government House in Victoria on Tuesday to ask Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia to dissolve the legislature, setting off an election campaign with voting day on Oct. 24. Eby said the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump and his trade war represented an \u201cexistential moment\u201d for B.C. The date of final voting is a week after municipal elections are scheduled, and Eby called the vote despite pleas from numerous local government leaders not to overlap the campaigns. The snap election comes amid frantic efforts on the right side of the political spectrum to consolidate… <\/p>\n

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By Wolfgang Depner British Columbia Premier David Eby has called an election less than two years into his mandate and amid chaos within the B.C. Conservative Opposition whose leader quit days ago. The NDP Leader went to Government House in Victoria on Tuesday to ask Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia to dissolve the legislature, setting off an election campaign with voting day on Oct. 24. Eby said the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump and his trade war represented an \u201cexistential moment\u201d for B.C. The date of final voting is a week after municipal elections are scheduled, and Eby called the vote despite pleas from numerous local government leaders not to overlap the campaigns. The snap election comes amid frantic efforts on the right side of the political spectrum to consolidate... <\/p>\n

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