BC Conservative Party leader John Rustad wants to project a straightforward approach that he hopes will appeal to voters.

91裸聊视频淥n so many major issues, the NDP, United and Green parties all come down on the same side,91裸聊视频� Rustad explained in an interview with Black Press Media.

91裸聊视频淢y goal for the Conservative Party is to be a new option for people.

91裸聊视频淚 want to stand up for what is right and give people in this province another option, to be a party that will fight for British Columbians.91裸聊视频�

Rustad will bring that message to a meet and greet session at the Best Western Plus hotel in Kelowna on Sunday, July 9, from 7 to 9 p.m.

91裸聊视频淚 was in Kelowna a couple of months ago and we had about 70 people come out and I91裸聊视频檝e been asked by people there to come back,91裸聊视频� said Rustad, the MLA for Nechako Lakes since 2005.

Rustad sees an opportunity for a resurgence of the Conservative Party in B.C. because he feels the current coalition under the NDP banner running Victoria is imploding on its own arrogance.

91裸聊视频淲e have seen this with past periods of coalition governments in B.C. Over time they become arrogant and begin to fall apart,91裸聊视频� Rustad said.

91裸聊视频淚t happened to the Liberals back in the 1940s, which led to the Socreds, and they ran into problems in the 1980s, the NDP in the 91裸聊视频�90s fell apart and that led to the Liberals.91裸聊视频�

Rustad says coalition governments begin to fall apart because it attracts people as candidates interested in power for the sake of power, combined with the baggage of past decisions that begins to accumulate leading to splits in different political factions that make up a coalition.

91裸聊视频淔rom time to time, you need to have a political renewal. You see the same pattern in other many other jurisdictions across the country.91裸聊视频�

Faith in the Conservative camp as a new place for B.C. voters to embrace was given an uplift in the recent byelection results for the Langford-Juan de Fuca seat vacated by former B.C. premier John Horgan.

The NDP91裸聊视频檚 Ravi Parmar won the byelection as predicted, but finishing second ahead of the Green and Liberal hopefuls was Conservative candidate Mike Harris.

He said the party91裸聊视频檚 strong showing reinforced Rustad91裸聊视频檚 thinking that voters are looking for something new.

The Conservative Party platform is dedicated to lowering taxes, balancing the budget, expanding natural resource development, scrapping the carbon tax, reducing health care wait times and cracking down on violent crime.

91裸聊视频淚n my mind, yes there is some truth in that division. But I think what matters the most to people are the same thought values no matter where people live. 91裸聊视频�

But Rustad acknowledges he also hears about other issues:

91裸聊视频� an education system focused on cultural rather than academic issues, that is not preparing students for becoming adults in a changing world

91裸聊视频� the need to help other countries reduce climate change impacts rather than impose an expanding carbon tax in B.C. with limited global impact on the environment;

91裸聊视频� that safe supply is overtaking promoting a pathway to drug addiction recovery; and

91裸聊视频� making B.C. more competitive in the international marketplace.

As for affordable housing, Rustad says while civic, federal and provincial governments talk about solving affordable housing, the biggest costs generated to build a residential unit come from government taxes and fees.

91裸聊视频淕overnments need to step up to the plate and reduce their impact on the cost of housing.91裸聊视频�

Climate change has also been an issue that has figured prominently in Rustad91裸聊视频檚 political career.

He was removed from the Liberal party caucus in 2022 after he boosted a social media post casting doubt on climate change science and urging people to 91裸聊视频渃elebrate CO2.91裸聊视频�

In posts on both Facebook and Twitter, Rustad shared a graphic and post arguing that people had been 91裸聊视频渉oodwinked91裸聊视频� by climate change science and they should be glad CO2 is being emitted into the atmosphere.

Liberal leader Kevin Falcon responded by removing him from the Liberal caucus, saying Rustad had to be a 91裸聊视频渢eam player91裸聊视频� on important issues facing B.C.

91裸聊视频淚 couldn91裸聊视频檛 get the satisfaction he91裸聊视频檚 prepared to be a team player, so I fired him from caucus,91裸聊视频� Falcon told CBC News at the time.

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