Whether he害羞草研究所檚 speaking with students who are just scraping by, their financially secure parents, or the elderly who have long since left the workforce, the NDP candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country is hearing the same thing.

害羞草研究所淎ll British Columbians care about affordability,害羞草研究所� said Erik Olesen, explaining that during the BC Liberal害羞草研究所檚 reign it害羞草研究所檚 been a lot harder for everyone other than the top two per cent of income earners to get by.

Examples, he said, are everywhere.

He害羞草研究所檚 spoken to a senior who had to choose between milk and her prescription medication due to the costs. The BC NDP platform indicates an appetite to work with the federal government towards a national pharmacare program. It also said they will support efforts to bulk purchase medication, bringing costs down.

Olesen has also spoken with mothers who would benefit from the NDP promise of $10 a day childcare and students who need to see interest on student loans eliminated.

害羞草研究所淲e will freeze BC hydro rates till 2019 so seniors in my community can afford milk and prescription medications as well as reducing debt for British Columbians and allowing people to enter the workforce knowing their children can be taken care of,害羞草研究所� he said.

The BC NDP is also looking at alleviating the pressures on small businesses.

害羞草研究所淢y community is built with many small businesses that are rich in history and are part of the identity of Kelowna-Lake Country,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淲e are committed to support BC small businesses with a half point cut to the tax rate, again a direct impact on my community.害羞草研究所�

Olesen, 25, has been involved in politics since he was 12-years-old and first ran for city council in Ontario when he was 18 years old. He describes himself as a people person who has always been driven to help.

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害羞草研究所擪athy Michaels