The debate was a chance for the Conservative Leader to introduce himself to a wider audience
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad, left, and BC NDP Leader David Eby, centre, shake hands as BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau looks on before the televised leaders' debate, in Vancouver, on Oct. 8.It showed the New Democratic Party with a five-point lead over their chief challenger, the BC Conservatives. According to the Leger survey, the NDP was the choice of 47 per cent of eligible voters, to 42 per cent for the Conservatives.
The debate was also a chance for Mr. Rustad to introduce himself to a wider audience. Most of his political career he toiled in the background of the BC Liberal Party, even while in cabinet. After getting booted out of the caucus under new leadership in 2022, he jumped to the aimless and moribund Conservatives the following year. Quite miraculously, he gave them new life, largely feeding off the momentum created by their federal Conservative party cousins.
Imagine, a Conservative Party that had at its disposal a political foe in the NDP that is racking up debt at almost a record level, but undermining that gift by not telling voters how much their own pledges would cost. What an inexcusable blunder. While none of this was particularly new fodder, it likely had more than a few undecided voters questioning whether Mr. Rustad and his party were a bridge too far for them.
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