Political Shift Underway in BC, Says Confident Conservative Leader John Rustad

Premier David Eby and Opposition BC United Leader Kevin Falcon are looking over their shoulders at the political gains being made by the new kid on the block, says British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad. His upstart two-member Conservative caucus has stirred debate and changed dialogue at the legislature, and the party appears to be gaining momentum with voters as the scheduled fall election approaches, Rustad said Wednesday at a news conference. Some recent polls suggest the Conservatives, who received less than two percent of the vote in the 2020 election and did not win a seat, would finish second if an election were held now....