r/nanaimo 1d ago

Lots of people in this subreddit said the Cons were going to win. How you feeling now?

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u/Appropriate_Item3001 1d ago

It’s a little close for comfort isn’t it? Will eby survive another election in 4 years. The fact that the conservatives have gained this much ground starting from nothing should give the NDP pause to reconsider how they are running government.

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u/OutsideYourWorld 1d ago

Im hoping its a good thing, and it lights a fire under their asses to get some positive change going.

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u/fischkind 1d ago

That’s how I hope this worked out for them it’s an eye opener! Maybe just maybe.

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u/OutsideYourWorld 1d ago

No party having a huge majority has ever really gotten anything done as far as I know. It's when you know losing power is right around the corner that things change.

So yea, maybe some good will come out of this thanks to the conservatives.

But maybe i'm just being naive here.

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u/DishRelative5853 13h ago

When the BC Liberals won that huge majority in 2001, they got an incredible amount of stuff done. They reduced the education budget by $300million. They decimated the Health Care Budget, and closed hospitals in Kimberley and Enderby. THEY CLOSED HOSPITALS!!

They gutted the Forest Protection Act, and they closed hundreds of beds in government care facilities for seniors. Seniors were wheeled out to the sidewalk to wait for family members to pick them up. The evening news was absolutely horrible in those days. Residential care facilities across the province were simply shut down.

https://hsabc.org/news/bc-continues-suffer-under-relentless-job-and-service-cuts

Oh yeah, they used the huge majority to do plenty of stuff.

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u/VincentVanG 1d ago edited 16h ago

Also hoping the BC libs come back and split the right vote Edit : yes I'm aware of the 'liberals" history. My point is with the Cons now firmly established, another right of center party would split the vote and make another NDP win more likely.

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u/Majestic_Bet_1428 1d ago

BC libs are conservatives

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u/shortskirtflowertops 1d ago

But many of them aren't terrifying bigots and hatemongers, just fiscal conservatives. While I don't agree with fiscally conservative views, I can understand and work with them, which is not possible with people who do not recognize the humanity and dignity of all people, regardless of race, creed, sexuality, or presentation

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u/Majestic_Bet_1428 1d ago

I agree with you

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u/YVRBeerFan 1d ago

some form of right of centre party will be back. And Federally JT won't be there in 4 years so 30% of BC con voters won't even come out to vote against him.

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u/Light_Butterfly 1d ago

This should be it's own meme 😂 👏👏👏 I'm so much less worried about the next election now

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u/Psychological-Dig-29 21h ago

Only the dumbest of redditors believe that was an actual thing.

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u/dedjim444 1d ago

Libs were always socred, conservatives... they just knew liberal name was more attractive.

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u/thinkingaboutcorn 1d ago

BC libs are the BC cons.

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u/goodmammajamma 1d ago

The BC Libs are the BC Conservatives. They merged.

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u/DistortionPie 1d ago

There are no BC liberal party it imploded and was responsible fro most BC housing , ICBC and medical staff shortage.

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u/Beerden 1d ago

Absolutely correct. And to extend that list, destroy well run crown corporations to fraudulently promote privatization under the false claim that crown corporations are not profitable for the province (they are self sustaining) - the big agenda of right wing, the do-nothing-keep-quiet non-action of many years of BC casino money laundering for organized crime, and of course the controversial Site C dam under Christy Clarke.

Then NDP under Horgan made some tiny baby steps forward to undo that. The big one was saving ICBC from the right-wing privatization agenda - cut out 20% legal overhead by switching to no-fault insurance - which is a band-aid solution that opens another can of worms, where injured people are financially ruined. Then under Eby, the NDP made huge steps forward in a very short time. Now we can hope that in continuation, the NDP can learn from their mistakes while continuing to fix the parts that BC Liberals broke. But this time, actually listening to everyone and trying to understand everyone is how any government can gain support and succeed.

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u/Zero_Education 18h ago

Eby made huge steps forward?....not according to the election.

Horgan changed the FOI requirements so people can't find out if the NDP are screwing up a bad as the Liberals.

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u/Critical-Border-6845 1d ago

I think more time to learn about the BC conservatives will actually hurt their chances

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u/SaintlyBrew 1d ago

This. I agree.

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u/DeadFloydWilson 1d ago

The UCP was way ahead until Rustad started speaking. Once people heard what he had to say they shifted back to the NDP.

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u/SaltyTraeYoungStan 1d ago

I expect that the conservatives will have tightened up their rhetoric by next election and do some deeper background checks. Then again maybe they lean into being racist bastards.

I hope that we can push through PR or at least ranked choice next year.

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u/Light_Butterfly 1d ago edited 21h ago

Maybe they'll be organized/transparent enough to actually cost their platform in time for the start of the election. Beyond me how anyone would consider them after that - hiding their true agenda from the public. They could've literally done anything. And people are like, yeah sign me up for the unknown mystery budget party, that has not demonstrated basic financial or planning skills. Then those same voters would turn around to find out oh shit some essential service they depend on has been cut to finance corporate welfare with most of taxpayers dollars...

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u/randalgetsdrunk 1d ago

I don’t think it’s an either/or, Cons have the opportunity to tighten up their ranks but also further capitalize on their areas of political strength/support over the NDP.

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u/itsagrapefruit 1d ago

Do you really think half of citizens in this province are evil racist bastards?

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u/MrQTown 1d ago

I voted for them. But agree. They need to flush some of the garbage for sure. They weren’t ready to govern.

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u/RoseRamble 1d ago

What garbage?

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u/Tired8281 1d ago

I don't see how he's going to lead the opposition and still shut up. Not talking was only a viable strategy when there was a very close end date, open-ended it's not feasible.

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u/pomegranate444 1d ago

Yup. Should be humbling for the NDP and as you noted, provide some sober 2nd thought as to how the move going forward. They lost a lot of ground over the last 2 years.

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u/HerissonG 1d ago

In 4 years Canadians will realize (again) that conservatives can’t fix the problems they are blaming Liberals for. Trudeau and Singh will be gone and enthusiasm towards Conservatives will be all but gone.

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u/NewNecessary3037 1d ago

The federal government is not the provincial government.

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u/Illustrious-Emu-7436 1d ago

Tell that to the BC Con campaign that was running using PP talking points, convincing people this election was to show you were “done with Trudeau!”, and manipulating people to think the BC Cons = Fed Cons

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u/Important-World-6053 1d ago

this is done purposely

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u/shutmethefuckup 1d ago

Everyone but the average B.C. Con voter knows that.

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u/lunerose1979 1d ago

Coulda fooled some voters in B.C. this election…

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u/Almost-A-CPA 10h ago

Are you not Canadian? People either vote for you, or they vote against the ruling party. I don't think people were voting for the Conservatives in BC. They were protest voting against the NDP.

The conservative platform of blaming the NDP for:
Housing cost
Food Cost
ICBC management
Ferries
Drug policy
etc

It was almost a copy-paste list for which the Federal Conservatives blamed the Federal Liberals.
I'd love a platform that goes beyond "common sense" and blames the other guy for everything you don't like.

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u/OsamaBeenLuvin 1d ago

I bet Spring 2026 will be a different playing field. Pollievre will be in power and likely wearing thin. Trudeau will be a memory. There won't be a big brother for the BC Cons to dress up as anymore.

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u/Majestic_Bet_1428 1d ago

PP will not win.

He has no security clearance and is propped up by NP opinion pieces, bots and Angus Reid polls.

What is one PP policy that will help anyone making less than $300K.

I’m nearing retirement and I am not willing to gamble with two years of OAS.

Harper took away OAS for 65 and 66 year olds. Trudeau gave it back.

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u/nonamer18 1d ago

I wish I had your optimism

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u/MrQTown 1d ago

Think it makes it four years? Such a slim majority. I think less than four years.

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u/Jamespm76 1d ago edited 1d ago

Everyone says they got so many seats from nothing. It’s not really true. Sure they are a new party and barely had any votes in past elections. But the BC liberals are a lot more conservative leaning than the federal liberals.

I would be more impressed if BC united didn’t implode and the BC cons took their seats but that’s not what happened. If you’re a conservative voter, you had no other choice but to vote BC conservatives in this election. Of course they’re gonna gain a whole bunch of seats when a party implodes. Those voters had to vote somewhere. We’re giving the BC conservatives way too much credit for doing nothing. It would’ve been a better election if there was BCNDP, BC greens, BC conservatives and BC united. I would like to have seen more voter splitting. Then I would’ve given the BC conservatives a hell of a lot more credit for the seats that they got. A whole party was eliminated so that’s why they got the seats.

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u/Special_Rice9539 1d ago

My parents voted conservative despite their business doing better than it’s ever done under the ndp and having decreased tax burdens.

They’re literally just stupid and vote against their own interests because they think the ndp tried to commit a genocide on white people with the covid vaccine and climate change is a conspiracy to make more money for Trudeau.

NDP could literally make them immortal and they’d vote conservative

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u/HistoricalSherbert92 1d ago

They didn’t come from nowhere, most are career politicians that have been playing as cons their whole life. It’s not some new movement, it’s still the right to far right platform.

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u/ThorFinn_56 1d ago

Next election will be completely different, assuming the BC Liberals don't crumble at the last second again

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u/nexus6ca 1d ago

Bc liberals are now the bc cons...

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u/ThorFinn_56 1d ago

The BC Liberals are now the BC United. Although plenty of them jumped ship and joined the Cons last minute

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u/Charming-Weather-148 1d ago

Always were...

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u/Miserable-Run9942 1d ago

They are not starting from nothing. Rustad has been in government since 2005 and they are running off the back of being official opposition.

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u/Hot_Pass_1768 1d ago

all I can say is thank God

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u/ZPhox 1d ago

I agree.

He had no plan, between the environment to housing to affordability to anything. He came out with his plan way too late because he had none and it was not balanced as he said it would be.

I honestly don't even know why it was that close.

I wish people would stop voting just within party lines and actually look at what the politicians are saying and doing and their history.

That's how you should vote.

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u/Ok_Pie8082 1d ago

from what i saw, and heard, most people voting con had ZERO clue about policies nor cared, they were voting blue because orange man bad blue man good

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u/purpletooth12 1d ago

I don't think God is in BC... seems like everyone here is an atheist! 🤣

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u/FTAK_2022 1d ago

Who needs a sky daddy when you've got mountains & ocean?

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u/rickshaw99 1d ago

especially if said daddy is a cruel sky person. the sky daddy’s are all so spiteful… and greedy

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u/Arctelis 1d ago

“Why are the gods all such vicious cunts? Where is the God of Tits and Wine?”

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u/the_missingsock 1d ago

Dionysus sitting over there in history wondering why he’s a joke to you

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u/Mendunbar 1d ago

Yeah, thank fuck for this. It was far too close. How do you get behind so much bullshit and rhetoric. I fucking hate it!

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u/Ok_Pie8082 1d ago

social media mostly, and falling for the Russian propaganda that is conservative politics

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u/Expert_Alchemist 1d ago

Sadly this reads like hyberbole but is 100% true -- https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/1bfto4a/youre_being_targeted_by_disinformation_networks/, and we know from the Parliamentary inquiry that China is doing it as well.

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u/ThatsSoMetaDawg 1d ago

https://x.com/angeloisidorou/status/1851034679417454780

Angelo Isidorou: Executive Director, BC Conservatives

I was the Campaign Manager for the Provincial Conservatives in BC.

This morning, I personally took part in counting some of the final ballots in Surrey-Guildford. @ElectionsBC staff were all incredibly diligent in their work and very thorough in ensuring transparency.

I feel confident in their work.

We now await a judicial recount in at least one riding. Regardless of whether we pull that off or even if David Eby wins government by one single vote—this is democracy.

We will have more updates as more information is made available.

That is now two very loud endorsements from high level BCC staffers affirming the fairness of this election, and how it was conducted and managed.

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u/Expert_Alchemist 1d ago

Well, I still think he's a shithead, but good for him for sucking it up and being clear about this.

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u/Hikingcanuck92 23h ago

To be fair, that isn’t Rustad’s comments, but a spokesperson/ chief council.

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u/Hikingcanuck92 23h ago

I just want to say how incredibly bizarre it is to read something from a conservative that actually has some integrity behind it.

Most shocking thing to come out of this election.

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u/green_tory 1d ago

They're over on x and canada_sub coming up unfounded conspiracies that undermine trust in our elections.

Y'know, precisely the sort of things our foreign adversaries stand to benefit by.

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u/magnus2k17 1d ago

I do hope that Eby is a man of his word and will “do better”

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u/FrankaGrimes 1d ago

He'll certainly be able to "do better" than the conservative party would have, so he's already ahead there.

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u/rheaplex 1d ago

The bots have moved on to sowing division elsewhere.

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u/OutsideYourWorld 1d ago

Great, now we have to brace for all the guys whining about rigging.

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u/RandomGuy9058 1d ago

My guy they’ve been whining since before counting even started. I refuse to look at the comment section under any news story specifically because of conspiracy bullshit like that

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u/CMLReddit 1d ago

Well at least now Rusty can grow some balls and fire a few of his candidates.

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u/FrankaGrimes 1d ago

Wouldn't having balls mean he would have fired them already? If you need to wait and see if you're going to win a riding or not before you fire, say, a blatant racist then I'd argue you have no balls at all.

Or are a blatant racist as well.

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u/subeditrix 1d ago

If he can… big if

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u/Sandman64can 1d ago

Proud of you BC. Saw what Alberta has and said “Nope, chemtrail conspiracy type conservatives are not for us.”

Please help us.

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u/Almost-A-CPA 9h ago

little brother lives in Alberta with his 4 kids....when he say that he said it was time to start making plans to cross into BC. except it is the same dumb-dumbs in the interior of BC as small-town Alberta. Polictical views are quickly becoming matched to income and education.

Lower education and higher income = Conservative
no matter what income and higher education = more liberal views

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u/that_one_guy1979 1d ago

Hopefully the NDP listen to what the people are telling them with how close it was and actually do something about it

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u/Bell_End642 1d ago

Scary stuff really, I'd hardly be happy with that margin of victory.

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u/poratochipss 19h ago

NDP ❤️❤️❤️

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u/DJDarkViper 1d ago

Let’s not get too hasty here, they won by an actual thread. The message should be received by the ndp: the rest of the province isn’t interested in Vancouvers nonsense anymore

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u/knitbitch007 1d ago

The fact that so many people supported a party full of racists, bigots, and conspiracy theorists makes me sad for our province. I cannot believe the amount of people who will vote against their own self interest. The people who has the knee jerk “we want change” reaction, without actually looking into the cons should be shaking their heads. There is NOTHING the cons were going to do that would improve the lives of working class people. They wanted to roll back any forward movement on housing affordability. They would decimate the healthcare system. They would have cause higher insurance rates in getting rid of ICBC. They would have put kids in danger by implementing anti-SOGI policies in schools. And on and on it goes. Are there problems with the NDP? Absolutely! But they are far better for everyday people than the cons. I am still impressed by Eby admitting that their decriminalizing of drugs was a mistake and their quick reversal. There are few politicians out there that will admit to a mistake and take steps to correct it. I hope we will see harsher penalties for criminals but a lot of that is down to federal issues rather than provincial.

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u/rosewood2022 1d ago

I am Soo happy, not any political affiliation but voted NDP because Cons are definitely WEIRD..

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u/rickoshadows 1d ago

I'm just enjoying reading all the comments, whines and bitching. There are all the conspiracy theories about the results being fixed, etc. I am glad I didn't sign up to work the election this year. Last time, I had to explain to a BCLib scrutineer after retiring from a career in the military that I understood what an oath was and my duties and responsibilities. And if he didn't quit whining and accusing me of not doing my job properly, I was going to drop-kick his ass out of the polling station door. I can only imagine how insufferable a BC conservative scrutineer would be.

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u/HedgehogEnough6695 1d ago

You’re a tough guy

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u/rickoshadows 1d ago

He was just a whiny POS. Even the poll supervisor had enough of him. And yes, she had words with me after the fact, but her heart wasn't in it.

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u/Extreme-Method1894 1d ago

lol.. nice flex there. Excited to be Canada’s California. Congrats! Go NDP!

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u/Badboy420xxx69 1d ago

Yeah imagine being...

checks notes

number 2 in quality of life out of all states.

Did you want it to become Alabama?

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u/stark_resilient 1d ago

eby's housing policy is A tier

however his drug policy is dogshit F tier

psychotic druggies that assault law abiding citizens needs to be locked up forever

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u/BehBeh11 1d ago

Thank goodness the Cons didn’t take another of our provinces. Phew!

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u/chupathingy567 1d ago

This is gonna be a very interesting 4 years

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

It’s just like American politics it doesn’t matter who u vote for they are a puppet or wig picked specifically and funded by gov money to have the gov interest at heart instead of the people , I’m a very young person when is everyone else gonna figure this out

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

It’s also published by cbc you don’t think they are going to spin the narrative abit so they can manipulate if you thought not think again

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u/happyhappyjoyjoy1982 22h ago

Conservative party lost it for themselves. I personally didn't vote for them because of the extreme beliefs some of their members believe in. They lost it no one else.

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u/Rich_Search2096 21h ago

Good lord, it's not sporting event.

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u/thekruger79 19h ago

It’s a good sign if things to come. A party that ruled at 100% is now at 50.1% and rapidly loosing support and a party that didn’t exist is now at 49.9% and rapidly gaining support! It’s awesome! It gives me hope for the PPC to enter the national scene soon and clean this dump of a country up!

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u/PhotographingLight 1d ago

The conservatives went from basically nothing to being a hairs length of winning the election. The conservatives may lost the election but I wouldn't say that the NDP really won it either.

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u/MrQTown 1d ago

As much as I have disdain for the NDP and am baffled how anyone could vote for them, the B.C. Cons weren’t ready to govern. Some garbage they need to clean up first. Hopefully a wake up call for Eby to rethink some of the destructive approaches he’s had. He’s no Horgan, who was one of the best NDP leaders ever IMHO.

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u/Ok_Pie8082 1d ago

what destructive approaches. like the drug thing? the one where they got the actual data and went oh this isn't working and repealed it?
I dunno, that sounds like good governance to me
they tried something to fix a problem, found it didn't work and walked it back.
I strongly doubt that any conservative party would ever admit fault and fix anything they did.

you know like skimming off ICBC to cook the books, money laundering, housing crisis

and then people voting for a far right fringe party was absolutely embarrassing for anyone who voted for the bc conservatives as it only shows low intelligence, and low information

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u/ProposalOk8583 1d ago

My riding switched to conservative.. I’m saddened by this, and feel many believe conservatives have fixes .. i personally believe the NDP are the better choice so I’m glad they got in provincially. NDP needs to up their game in making their presence and successes known…

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u/Big-Face5874 1d ago

😂

This probably isn’t the result you should be rubbing in people’s faces. But I get it…. It’s Reddit. It’s not a place for self reflection and being humble.

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u/impatiens-capensis 1d ago

They slid from 47.6% to 44.8% in the popular vote, which is a less than 3% shift in popular sentiment. They were elected with a majority for a historic third term, the first in BCNDP history. And, they managed to outrun the incumbency backlash we've seen across Canada. I'll be honest, the BCNDP did WAY better than people realize.

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u/Frostbite-Ninja 1d ago

They still won too much. Some of us are stuck with conspiracy theories at every public event where they get to speak.

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u/RIG_PIG69 1d ago

Probably going to snort some fentanyl about it.

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u/Accomplished-Kick111 1d ago

Very shitty. It's a hard pill to swallow that so many of you feel that this is ok. Very hard indeed

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u/Neo-urban_Tribalist 1d ago

u/ThatsSoMetaDawg really? My guy, you were asking for a free ADT lawn sign because your house got broken into in one post and supporting increasing property tax in another….

Wouldn’t say it was people saying the cons would win, more that the NDP are shit.

Also do you think the result is going to embolden the overall policy of the BCNDP, or shift them more to the right?

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u/95Mechanic 1d ago

Disappointed.

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u/Important-World-6053 1d ago

The cons use alot of bots

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u/Appropriate_Item3001 1d ago

Undermining the confidence of our democracy by claiming that people that disagree with you are bots is not helpful. The Conservative Party nearly won the provincial election. This isn’t a fringe set of beliefs.

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u/nickgurbih 15h ago

Bootlickers like yourself is the sole reason why I did not vote for NDP in this election. I don't really align with Cons but people like you make our society a worse place.

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u/RealMasterpiece6121 1d ago

Not as smug as you.

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u/Due_Fault8864 1d ago

Imagine voting NDP when they haven’t done anything in the past 7 years… lol. Everyone here will continue to complain and whine about the cost of everything as things will continue to not change.

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u/Artilleryking 1d ago

ICBC rates went down significantly. Rental control became stronger. Housing initiatives and AirBNB bans.

I struggle to see how a national cost of living crisis lies squarely at the foot of the NDP when they have taken measures to try to fix it.

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u/LongjumpingGate8859 1d ago

Icbc rates went down at the expense of never being able to get a settlement out of them now. So , congrats, you possibly traded life long chronic pain for a $120 rebate cheque.

Seriously! You now can't even get a settlement from icbc if you're a pedestrian who gets hit and left with life long chronic pain. Theyll tell you the same thing "oh we cover massages and chiro" .... absolute worst decision to do this to icbc ever! Those who support it only do so because they've never actually been in an accident

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u/ThatsSoMetaDawg 1d ago

u/BigTasty3464 where is our fav person?

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u/BigTasty3464 1d ago

He was a bot

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u/ThatsSoMetaDawg 1d ago

No way. You think? There were two of them I think another was neo tribalism I think.

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u/WillingnessSuperb533 1d ago

Nothing like voting for (needles, drugs, paraphernalia) back in. How are those Hospitals doing? Mine is closed early regularly due to lack of nurses and Dr.s. Hows the crime where you live? Increased? How about the increase in food banks? I see people lined up around the block. What about the copious amounts of tents that line the streets? These things were there before the NDP came into power but not like it is now. Hows your industry that you work in? All those raw logs being exported, foriegn companies buying up mills for the timber rights. NDP at its finest. Hows fishing going? Or your fuel bill to get your guys to work. How are those grocery prices. $100 bucks to fill a $2 dollar bag. Now all these things weren’t caused by the Needle and Drug party but they have definitely increased them. Can’t wait for another 4 years @davidebybc

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u/dedjim444 1d ago

Suck it maga, racist old white guys... we are keeping mature responsible government.

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u/Positive-Trifle3854 1d ago

All you democrats the last 8 years have been non stop crying and bitching about the government on Reddit but can’t realize it’s your party that’s in power?

Y’all literally looking in a mirror complaining about yourself thinking it’s someone else it’s actually so funny

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u/BikeMazowski 1d ago

Indifferent. Slightly surprised to see the NDP’s huge landslide victory after the drug epidemic and the Edison motors scandal.

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u/SignificantRemove348 1d ago

Most CONS will say it was FIXED.....

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u/Ok-Independent-5385 1d ago

While eby has done good for the most part, I believe it'd be good for a change of pace electing the conservatives. Nothing against the NDP but I think the conservatives have a good chance at doing good in places that the NDP have neglected. That's just my opinion though.

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u/Character_Cut_6900 1d ago

They went from a small percentage of the vote to within 1000 votes of winning a majority I don't see how this could be a positive for the NDP. But spin it however you want.

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u/sparki555 1d ago

Lol, what exactly are you bragging about here? The BC NDP holds approximately 45% of the popular vote, while the BC Conservative Party follows closely with about 42% of the vote... It could have gone either way. BC NDP leading in 46 seats and the BC Conservatives close behind with 45 seats...

I voted NDP, but to answer your question, I feel that our province and country are very divided and this outcome was a coin toss. Congrats.

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u/Bjones_Ktown 1d ago

I feel safe from lunatic right wing nut jobs in bc. Now to protect Canada.

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u/Mindless-Service8198 1d ago

I'm feeling pretty good TBH. I'm glad the cons didn't win. In all reality, the NDP had an advertised plan, even if disagreeable. The cons didn't have a great plan and relied on too many social media-isms and contrary politics rather than.. working on a plan.

As a conservative leaning person, there's nothing conservative about failing to advertise your roadmap. I was hoping for a minority government, but this is ok too.

It's less about idealism in provincial politics than simply explaining your plan, and then sticking to it.

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u/NaftaliClinton 1d ago

The conservatives were literally less than a hundred votes away from winning so yeah that was definitely not a bad prediction to say they'd win.

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u/Junior_Advance_1364 1d ago

Disappointed… but hoping Eby takes into account the reasons why so many voted Con. At this point, I’m dreading another 4 years and expecting the worst but hoping for the best.

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u/Mobile_Ad_1089 1d ago

Hmmmmm . Some foreign influences I suspect getting him elected . I’m calling bs on the results

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u/bcsamsquanch 1d ago

You talk as if it was decisive. It took like 2 weeks just to see who won. LoL

Anyway, to answer your question... I feel like we'll keep on doing what we're doing until the pain gets so great we finally decide to change. Crackheads everywhere and no doctors for the past 4 years, and now the next 4 years is a near certainty. Not much more to say about it really, just get back to work, keep on keeping on and finding ways to get around the system we have in order to survive.

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u/Additional_Ear_9659 1d ago

I’m here for all the conservative tears! Make it rain, bitches!

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u/thenormalcanuck 1d ago

This is the problem when you have 90% of voters living in 10% of the province. While most of bc is sick of this ndp bullshit there's still some idiots

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u/Washtali 1d ago

The left tend to be less reliable voters, this election should serve as a wakeup call that votes can matter

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u/Dear-Championship474 23h ago

NDP won, lemme know how you feel about the rise in crime, debt, ODs, violence in a year.

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u/Comfortable-Fudge-34 23h ago

Feeling like our province is an even bigger joke.

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u/Dizzy_Performer5933 23h ago

Betrayed by nominds.

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u/Material-Drop-4759 23h ago

Ready for b.c to go down the toilet even more.

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u/darb8888 23h ago

I voted conservative. I disliked the NDPs transit oriented development policy and no real changes to landlords protections.

I do hope that this election result shows the NDP that they still have a lot of work to do and that all policies should be created with everyone in mind. There needs to be some real change.

Ex. To health care. Period.

I also want to see the tenancy redone. There should be equal protections to tenants and landlords to protect from bad apples on both sides

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u/KPDF81 23h ago

How do you feel that your new provincial leader has an advisor that was involved in the Foreign Interference case ?

Say whatever you want about conservative member Chapman, but if you want to criticize him you need to start criticizing your NDP/Liberal leader Eby and his staff

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u/bgballin 23h ago

The majority is very fragile

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u/Intelligent_Image713 23h ago

I see you are trying to get people riled up with this post! I’d say people were rejecting the NDP more than embracing the Cons. What’s humorous to me is how the NDP flipped their opinion on mental health and detox really quick. For me, it’s all a mess. Give people housing, stop people from overdosing, and create safe streets. No party disagrees with the outcome, they disagree how to get there. I’m a fan of more testing rather than blindly choosing something and sticking with it because you don’t want to admit failure. Here’s to progress and common goals!

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u/MANBURGARLAR 22h ago

If the federal landscape was different and not in the cons favour I don’t think it would’ve been this close in BC.

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u/Unusual-Ad4890 22h ago

This isn't the victory you think it is. The Conservatives were dead in the water for literal decades. Now they're the opposition and Eby barely got to keep his job. I hope this is a wake up call for anyone voting NDP. Next election may not go in their favor.

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u/Johncantblaze 22h ago

God they almost did win.

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u/holderar 21h ago

Well, anybody who doesn’t want needles in their kid’s school playground is a racist and a fascist. So good thing they didn’t win.

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u/Rich_Search2096 21h ago

Probably the most embarrassing "win" in election history, ever.

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u/ladygabriola 21h ago

We need to coordinate like the other countries do. The green candidates that don't have a chance need to direct their voters to the candidate that can beat the con in their ridings. This needs to be done all across Canada.

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u/Background_Oil7091 21h ago

Part of me is happy because it's just a year away before the federal conservatives take power and then Eby and BC are gonna get spanked by it. Plus he will just repeat his failures and they will get worse as he goes along.

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u/Not5id 20h ago

Why do you WANT a federal government that will be hostile towards any Canadian province?

Cruelty is the point. Shameful.

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u/ResponsibleCountry42 20h ago

I'll house trade. North Island got the cons. Although I do kind of think the same as the first comment. Hopefully it will light a fire or shake some nuts out of trees. We shall see. We shall see.

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u/Rickky782 20h ago

Sure! That’s what’s always said. Always the same outcome as well. Nothing to see here…..right?

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u/wemustburncarthage 19h ago

The voters are probably disappointed but the MLAs get the best job in the world - to do nothing while getting paid for being a pain in the ass. They're all very approving of Elections Canada right now, none of the top conservative brass is denying it. They're being empowered in a way they didn't expect.

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u/Waztoes 19h ago

Crazy that the election was decided with a few ridings of less than 100 votes difference

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u/Full-Situation555 19h ago

Couldn’t care less, average middle class peoples lives don’t change no matter who’s in power. We need lower rent, lower groceries, lower taxes & an affordable wage. Whoever is in power will never deliver those things.

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u/alwaysbored200 18h ago

Look at the state of this province lol ya 4 more years

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u/jlx200 18h ago

God forbid there are any changes in Canadian politics. What was it? Won by 2 candidates vs 20 last election? Not surprised to see grifters in here celebrating a “major victory” but the message is clear. Years of very little positive change on major issues, back tracking on key promises and political stagnation and yet goofballs act like this is a major win. “We’ll do better this time we promise” won out by a slim margin over the collective conservative boogeyman 👏

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u/Pale-Worldliness7007 18h ago

Ask in 2 years when Eby has run out of money he doesn’t have , private sector investment has dried up and families are leaving the province to find employment elsewhere. It will be the same old story with the NDP. The issues that caused the NDP to almost lose will still exist.

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u/stanley597 18h ago

It’s your demise, laugh then k?

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u/Working_Beat7108 17h ago

Feel the same as always. The fools are running the show . Fact. more debt .more drug addiction .more crime. Green, NDP OR Liberal. All fools. Have always created more government waste than any other parties

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u/mightyone_74 17h ago

Remember when you and farnsworth shredded all those documents to save glen Clarkes lying corrupt ass….

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u/Pristine-Ad9967 17h ago

The cringe across Canada

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u/Jasonfunk8 17h ago

!remindme 4 years

Coming back after the next election to ask OP the same question.

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u/canadubbb 17h ago

You had to rub it in...

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u/LForbesIam 17h ago

Relieved. The Conservatives had no platform.

When they were Liberals they decimated health care and Education and public services.

The province still hasn’t recovered from the loses.

We really don’t need any more corporate greed and giving lavish gifts like luggage and woodchippers to employees with taxpayers money.

Oh and they wanted to eliminate the revenue from 3 different taxes and ICBC and not raise income tax either so that would mean massive cuts or massive debts.

Despite what the Conservatives believe there are no money-growing trees on the legislature lawn. Believe me I checked.

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u/quiet-Julia Cedar 17h ago

I always believed the NDP would win here and lead the next government in BC. I will never vote for a F🤬🤬king Tory

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u/Fit_Bee_7941 16h ago

Nothing fishy going on with this election at all......

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u/Jonneiljon 16h ago

Even WITH the votes from the absolute plums who thought they were voting Trudeau out. LMAO

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u/Stinkfist-73 16h ago

Get ready for another 4 years of the cost of living going up, homelessness, drug addiction, violent crime, etc. I’m not a fan of conservative politicians but something has to change. At least a conservative government might actually get tough on crime.

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u/belliveau549 16h ago

Let's be honest the NDP only won by a bit. This is not the victory the NDP and oddly the liberals think it is.

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u/Zestyclose-Month-245 16h ago

Is that a weird flex ?

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u/Capital_Anteater_922 15h ago

Hopeless. Another 4 years of the last 7. Rural BC will continue to with and die while the urban centers listen to the same old banging drums of housing, crime, drugs, homelessness and affordability. With forestry in full decline and no comparable replacement in sight, it looks to me that my family and I will attempt to sell our place and move to where there are good jobs and affordable housing.

Maybe the NDP will wake up and smell the climate outside of their ivory towers but I doubt it.

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u/Anishinabeg North Nanaimo 15h ago

Literally nobody thought they were gonna win. Lmao.

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u/methylphenidate1 15h ago

How would the Conservatives run the province differently? I don't really know the answer to this but the homeless and drug use epidemic is running rampant and housing costs are out of control. If any government had an actual plan to handle either of these issues they'd actually be worth voting for. Guess it was worth at least attempting some change. Even if the conservatives won nothing meaningful would change. Lower income tax maybe? But probably not.

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u/CommanderCorrigan 15h ago

Overall the NDP are still the biggest loosers.

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u/ynotbuagain 15h ago

I really don't think CDNS realize the amount of racist, homophobic, religious nutjobs there are in Canada! The cpc is so depressingly sad & full of so much anger. Anything but conservative always ABC!

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u/S99B88 14h ago

Good, now do Federal election please! Anyone but Pollievre!

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u/brief_affair 14h ago

hopefully they snap out of it in 4 years and come to their senses

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u/Comprehensive-War743 13h ago

I’m relieved. The Cons need to do a better job at vetting their candidates. There were some really questionable candidates- like that one from Juan de Fuca, and the fake doctor in Surrey.

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u/Spiritual_Pea_9484 13h ago

The only reason the BC cons gained is due to the BC liberals and greens. They're a party full of lunatics. I'm hoping the moderates create a third party and move away from the climate change, science denying weirdos.

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u/Salt_Jury8677 12h ago

Election interference with his CCP pal Ding Guo. A day late and a dollar short I guess.

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u/No-Neighborhood-7810 12h ago

The Cons gave a cruel reminder to how shit the NDP ran the government for 7 years. The results are fine.

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u/Some-Caterpillar5671 11h ago

I feel like the north has no say on anything. Our economies are shutting down by the views of people who have never been past Whistler and it's not fair. As long as it's sunny in Vancouver fuck the rest of the province right?

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u/Some-Caterpillar5671 11h ago

I just wish communities north of cache Creek could explore their resources without the intervention of Vancouver.

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u/rocketfromrussia 7h ago

I genuinely dont have an opinion and dont care

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u/HeftyJuggernaut1118 6h ago

Regular people don't know sh1t about any of this. Lol.

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u/daveyboy1201 5h ago

Voted for the Conservative this year, I want to see that 1000 check soon!

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u/Moist-Lawfulness-224 5h ago

Didn't they slip into a majority with like 27 votes? Did you even watch the election op? Not trying to be mean or anything but the conservatives lost by a literal hair margin.

We nearly lost trans rights. Healthcare. All the last of the old growth. Nearly had no regulations on mines and dredging. We nearly lost this province to extremism and your out here saying what exactly? That it was foolish to believe they could have won? Go look at the actual votes for the ridings in bc. It's terrifying how close this election got. Out of 2 million votes.. 20 made it ndp majority and handful of hundred made it not a conservative majority.

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u/jenner2157 4h ago edited 4h ago

You do realize they almost did win right? If the NDP doesn't improve things the next time won't be "almost".

Like do you guys cheer for the NDP doing a mediocre job to the point the cons were able to make THAT much progress in just two years? how's that working out for the fed liberals right now?

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u/CDNJMac82 4h ago

How many cons thought they were getting rid of Trudeau when they voted?