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Eby Calls Oct. 24 Snap Election as Early Polls Shift Toward Conservatives

The vote puts Eby’s argument about President Trump’s trade threat to an early test and forces a short campaign shaped by public backlash and party turnover.

Burnaby Hospital Phase 1 at right, while sign teases the cancer treatment centre planned for Phase 2.
Surrey has been relying on other levels of government and non-profits to deliver subsidized housing to the citizens of Surrey and it has fallen short. The City of Surrey needs to step in with a solid plan to support subsidized housing for its citizens, writes Pat McCutcheon.
While many mayors have protested against the top-down housing decrees from the B.C. government, a few, like Vancouver, have gone further than the NDP required.
David Eby, right, and Ravi Kahlon speak in Vancouver in 2022.

Overview

  • Premier David Eby called a provincial election to be held Oct. 24 after announcing the decision on Tuesday, Sept. 22, saying the vote was needed to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade threats.
  • An Angus Reid Institute poll conducted Sept. 22–24 gave the B.C. Conservatives 43 percent support and the NDP 35 percent while a competing Liaison Strategies survey showed the NDP ahead, underscoring unsettled public opinion.
  • Two-thirds of respondents in the Angus Reid polling said the election was “too soon” and 65 percent said Eby was putting staying in power ahead of provincial interests, signaling strong early backlash.
  • Four high-profile NDP cabinet ministers—Brenda Bailey, Ravi Kahlon, Kelly Greene and Lana Popham—announced they will not seek re-election, reshaping the party’s bench as the campaign begins.
  • Critics point to a legal loophole in B.C.’s fixed‑date law and note operational strains from overlapping municipal elections, while opinion pages argue the call looks opportunistic and Elections BC faces higher costs and staffing demands.