20 BCBUSINESS APRIL 2017
With the May 9 provincial election approaching, we
asked the leaders of the three major parties what
they plan to do for you by Nick Rockel
MATRIX
Question Period
ANDREW WEAVER
(OAK BAY–GORDON HEAD)
Green Party of British Columbia
CRED
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Hard hat
Ex–TV news anchor Steve
Darling (Burnaby–Lougheed)
First elected
MLA in 1996; former cabinet
minister, deputy premier and radio talk-show host
JOHN HORGAN (JUAN DE FUCA)
New Democratic Party of B.C.
Opposition leader
CHRISTY CLARK
(WESTSIDE–KELOWNA)
BC Liberal Party, Premier
If you win the
election, what
will your govern-
ment's top three
priorities be?
Suit and wrap
SIGNATURE
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CAMPAIGN
MANAGER
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CANDIDATE
1) Maintaining the best
job creation record in the
country; 2) continuing to
work with other levels of
government to make sure
home ownership is within
reach for middle-class B.C.
families; and 3) lowering
taxes so everyone can
keep more of their hard-
earned money and look
after the people they love.
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1) Making life more
affordable for families;
2) creating and attracting
good-paying, family-
supporting jobs; and
3) delivering high-quality,
accessible government
services. The Christy Clark
government has been fail-
ing on all three measures
because she only cares
about the wealthy and the
well-connected.
A BC Green government will
focus on enhancing B.C.'s
unique opportunities and
alleviating the greatest bar-
riers to those opportunities:
1) prepare B.C.'s economy
for the technology-driven
economy of the 21st
century; 2) undertake a
significant poverty reduction
strategy; and 3) take mean-
ingful action on climate
change in both prevention
and mitigation.
CRED
Jar of bitumen
Former NDP MP Jinny Sims
(Surrey–Panorama)
MLA since 2005; one-time millworker
and management consultant
Jacket and open collar
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CANDIDATE
CRED
PhD in applied mathematics
Punk legend Joe Keithley
(Burnaby–Lougheed)
B.C.'s first Green
MLA; UVic climate scientist
Sweater and chinos
TAYLOR HARTRICK
Helped elect Weaver in 2013
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CANDIDATE
Unannounced as of
press time
LAURA MILLER
Previously Ontario Liberal staffer
Darling (Burnaby–Lougheed)
since 2005; one-time millworker
Previously Ontario Liberal staffer
government has been fail
ing on all three measures
because she only cares
about the wealthy and the
well-connected.
MP Jinny Sims
PhD in applied mathematics
PETER HOLST (TOP LEFT); NIK WEST (BOTTOM RIGHT)
