B.C. enjoying life with NDP

DEAR EDITOR:

British Columbians are about to make their final preferences known in the election as to who is best to lead our province forward through difficult times.

Oct. 24 is the final voting day and soon after we will all know what we can expect.

After 16 years of the BC Liberals, ordinary people were dealt many difficulties.

When the NDP became the government, they had already got well into their program of helping most of us and then the pandemic hit. We were so fortunate to have a leader that had a heart and who cared about all British Columbians.

John Horgan has done more for most of us in 3 1/2 years than the Liberals did not do in 16 years. As a senior we got an almost immediate raise of $150 per month when the BC Medical premium was eliminated. The only province in Canada where the Liberals levied this fine against all citizens, rich or poor. Bridge tolls were gone, giving working people and other citizens crossing bridges immediate cash back. The homeless under an NDP government have not been treated like criminals and the addiction problem is being addressed by a sole ministry. An ongoing problem that I know will be handled in a humane way.

The Greens worked cooperatively with the NDP over the last several years, and have now copied much of our platform and ideals in one form or another. So why are they even running against the NDP? It makes little sense to me when, except for a bit of tweaking here and there they are pushing NDP principles and policies that originated long before the Green Party came into existence.

Horgan has proven he is the best person to lead this province. We are facing an ongoing pandemic and he is most certainly the most reliable person for this province and the recovery needed as we move forward. Even folks in the Okanagan should be giving a great deal of consideration to electing an honest, caring government and relinquish the idea of the same old same old. There is a better way to go.

Louise Gibson, Kelowna