Outcome of B.C. election that few people wanted could be determined in Surrey
The campaign to Keep the RCMP in Surrey may be a decisive factor in the outcome of the provincial election in Surrey. Frank Bucholtz photo The provincial election that almost no one wants or needs is now underway. NDP leader and current premier John Horgan has taken a huge gamble, hoping that the government’s popularity due to its handling of COVID-19 will be enough to give his party a majority government. John Horgan It’s a gamble for a number of reasons. The biggest one is that so few people want an election, and do not believe that the minority government was in any danger of falling. The next election was scheduled for October, 2021, and most people were quite ready to wait that long to vote. It’s also a gamble because the number of COVID-19 cases is much higher than it has been, and the situation in schools (recently reopened) is challenging. There have been COVID-19 cases in schools already (many of them in Surrey) and many parents and teachers have serious doubts about ongoing