BC United Suspends Campaign in Support of Conservatives

Published on August 29, 2024

B.C.’s United Party has suspended its campaigning for the upcoming provincial election and thrown its support behind the Conservative Party of BC, which has been surging in polls in recent months. United Party Leader Kevin Falcon, who said he will not seek re-election, said he was making the move to ensure a win against the NDP. “I’ve spent my entire adult life fighting not only the NDP and their brand of left-wing socialism, but also fighting to unite the centre right,” he said in an Aug. 28 joint news conference. “There is nothing more important to me, my children, and your children and grandchildren, that we not give the NDP one more day in power than they absolutely have to have, and that’s why I made the decision that I made as leader of BC United to suspend our campaign.”...

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