Premier-elect John Horgan said he will wait for the final count in Saturday91裸聊视频檚 provincial election before recalling the B.C. Legislature to get back to work in Victoria.
The BC NDP called a press conference Sunday (Oct. 25) morning to speak about the party91裸聊视频檚 plans for the next four years. While half a million mail-in ballots are yet to be counted, preliminary election night results give the NDP a majority government with 55 seats, a 14-seat gain over 2017. The BC Liberals received 29 seats, a 12-seat drop since 2017, while the BC Greens won three, same as in 2017.
Horgan, whose party won in multiple longtime BC Liberal strongholds such as Richmond and parts of the Fraser Valley, said he credited focusing on issues that mattered to all British Columbians, not just traditional NDP voters.
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Horgan said he wasn91裸聊视频檛 worried about traditional right of centre voters coming over to the NDP in this election.
91裸聊视频淚 believe that New Democrate values are mainstream values,91裸聊视频� he said.
But those values did not always resonate outside of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, where ridings such as Skeena, Fraser-Nicola and Columbia River-Revelstoke went to the BC Liberals.
91裸聊视频淚 would have liked to see better results in rural British Columbia. I91裸聊视频檓 going to have to do some more work,91裸聊视频� Horgan acknowledged. 91裸聊视频淗aving a majority government will allow me to get out of Victoria.91裸聊视频�
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The NDP91裸聊视频檚 prior minority government, which held onto power and passed legislation only with Green support, required every single vote in order to move forward with its priorities.
Horgan said forestry was among the issues he will tackle for rural B.C. communities.
One key $1.4-billion election promise, the $1,000 direct deposit to households making up to $125,000 (and individuals making up to $62,500), won91裸聊视频檛 be coming just yet.
Horgan said he91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渉opeful we91裸聊视频檒l be able to get back into the legislature but I don91裸聊视频檛 want to make a promise I might not be able to keep.91裸聊视频�
In both 2018 and 2019, the B.C. Legislature did sit in November before breaking for the holiday season. This year, Horgan said there were 91裸聊视频渁 number of issues,91裸聊视频� stemming from both pre-election matters and those that came up during the campaign, that had to be tackled as well.
Due to the pandemic, more British Columbians have decided to vote by mail-in ballot than ever before. Election results won91裸聊视频檛 be finalized until mid-November, after those mail-in ballots are counted beginning Nov. 6.
Across B.C., a total of 497,900 mail-in ballots were returned to Election BC, as of Friday (Oct. 23). There are roughly 3.5 million registered voters in the province.
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