With 3 Provincial Elections on the Horizon, Summer Campaigning Heats Up

Candidates are knocking on doors in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick ahead of fall elections, and some of the key issues are the same across the provinces. Affordability, health care, and education are on many voters’ minds. In all three provinces, the premiers are in the race. British Columbia Premier David Eby faces his first election, and it comes amid a major shift in provincial politics. The B.C. Conservatives were on the fringes only a year ago, without official party status in the legislature and no candidates elected in 2020. But they’ve shot past the BC United official opposition party in the polls, and they’re getting closer to the governing NDP, which has nonetheless maintained a fair lead. Meanwhile, BC United are going into the election for the first time with a new name after changing their name from the B.C. Liberals....