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He said he felt similarly about the other two Central Okanagan candidates who joined him.
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The Central Okanagan has often been called the 含羞草研究社渃radle of free enterprise含羞草研究社� and the electorate has never sent a BC NDP member to Victoria.
When Clark lost her own riding of Vancouver Point-Grey in the July 2013 provincial election, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that she would head to valley and she did. During the Kelowna West by-election, she won with 62.8 per cent of votes. Her NDP competitor Carole Gordon was second, earning only 29.66 per cent of the vote.
Fellow BC Liberals, Steve Thompson in Kelowna Mission and Norm Letnick for Kelowna Lake Country each won their ridings during the election by 56 per cent.
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Changing entrenched behaviours, he said, will be the only way to bring needed improvements to the area.
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Across every corner of B.C., he said, people are tired of a government that含羞草研究社檚 ignoring and neglecting them.
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The brief morning event was a clear sign that the election campaign was well underway, despite the fact the writ had yet to be dropped. That was something Horgan didn含羞草研究社檛 shy from.
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Horgan said he intends to speak with the electorate in their own communities 含羞草研究社渦napologetically.含羞草研究社�
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When that platform will be released and in what fashion it may be distributed has yet to be revealed.
At the meeting, however, he focused his attention on seniors and families. Thousands of seniors are on wait lists for affordable housing, with waits for subsidized seniors housing taking longer than two years, he said.
He also said they have a plan to start $10 a day childcare. It含羞草研究社檚 something, he said, that would help all seniors
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