By Ashley Joannou British Columbians are going to the polls about two years ahead of schedule, after NDP Leader David Eby called an early election to be held on Oct. 24. Here’s a look at the party leaders in a political landscape that is very different from the one that emerged after the last election in October 2024. DAVID EBY, B.C. NDP Eby’s New Democrats clung onto their majority in 2024 by their fingertips, their one-seat margin in the legislature confirmed by Garry Begg’s 22-vote win in Surrey-Guildford after a recount. Eby would nickname Begg “Landslide,” but the joke belied the seriousness of the situation for Eby, whose majority would be tested by differences within his own party about the fate of its Indigenous legislation, the Declaration on the Rights… <\/p>\n
By Ashley Joannou British Columbians are going to the polls about two years ahead of schedule, after NDP Leader David Eby called an early election to be held on Oct. 24. Here’s a look at the party leaders in a political landscape that is very different from the one that emerged after the last election in October 2024. DAVID EBY, B.C. NDP Eby’s New Democrats clung onto their majority in 2024 by their fingertips, their one-seat margin in the legislature confirmed by Garry Begg’s 22-vote win in Surrey-Guildford after a recount. Eby would nickname Begg “Landslide,” but the joke belied the seriousness of the situation for Eby, whose majority would be tested by differences within his own party about the fate of its Indigenous legislation, the Declaration on the Rights... <\/p>\n