BC NDP leader John Horgan likes his party害羞草研究所檚 chances in the Central Okanagan, despite its unsuccessful political record.
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He said he felt similarly about the other two Central Okanagan candidates who joined him.
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The Central Okanagan has often been called the 害羞草研究所渃radle of free enterprise害羞草研究所� and the electorate has never sent a BC NDP member to Victoria.
When Clark lost her own riding of Vancouver Point-Grey in the July 2013 provincial election, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that she would head to valley and she did. During the Kelowna West by-election, she won with 62.8 per cent of votes. Her NDP competitor Carole Gordon was second, earning only 29.66 per cent of the vote.
Fellow BC Liberals, Steve Thompson in Kelowna Mission and Norm Letnick for Kelowna Lake Country each won their ridings during the election by 56 per cent.
That, said Horgan, doesn害羞草研究所檛 mean there won害羞草研究所檛 be change.
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Changing entrenched behaviours, he said, will be the only way to bring needed improvements to the area.
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Across every corner of B.C., he said, people are tired of a government that害羞草研究所檚 ignoring and neglecting them.
害羞草研究所淲e have candidates that are living, breathing examples of that and I know the people around this table and the people in Kelowna want to have someone that害羞草研究所檚 going to roll up their sleeves and work for them, not just the people who go to the big fundraisers,害羞草研究所� he said.
The brief morning event was a clear sign that the election campaign was well underway, despite the fact the writ had yet to be dropped. That was something Horgan didn害羞草研究所檛 shy from.
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Horgan said he intends to speak with the electorate in their own communities 害羞草研究所渦napologetically.害羞草研究所�
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When that platform will be released and in what fashion it may be distributed has yet to be revealed.
At the meeting, however, he focused his attention on seniors and families. Thousands of seniors are on wait lists for affordable housing, with waits for subsidized seniors housing taking longer than two years, he said.
He also said they have a plan to start $10 a day childcare. It害羞草研究所檚 something, he said, that would help all seniors
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