BC's eye-watering deficit spending rolls on after Saturday's election, no matter who wins. My latest in @BIVnews: biv.com/news/commentary/rob-…

NEW - @angusreidorg poll: • BC Conservatives 46% (-2) • BC NDP 43% • BC Greens 8% (+1) • Other 3% (+1) (Oct. 15-19, 793 ppl, +/- 3%) 73% of Conservative voters say "very certain" supporting party, 54% of NDP voters say same. angusreid.org/b-c-election-2…

.@LDoerkson asked multiple times whether his estimates for GDP growth, and resulting revenue, are unrealistically high in his costed platform and achievable. Says it's "absolutely doable" and points to fear of investment in province due to gov policies.

6 days to #bclexn and @Dave_Eby is getting same Qs about why he called snap election 2 yrs early, and why he keeps pretending had a 1-seat majority when it was 3. "This election is about so much more than election timing," he says, acknowledging people are frustrated with it.

.@Emily_Lowan pummels @Dave_Eby in response:

New from the @bcndp campaign this morning: an appeal not to vote @BCGreens. NDP eventually does this every election, saying Greens will split the vote and elect other parties. Voters usually vote Green anyway. NDP extremely worried about Greens on Island.

NEW - @bcndp announces child care plan. No mention of $10 a day, which is clearly dead at this point. - $80m for 7,200 new before/after school spots. - $250m to “leverage federal funding” in “negotiations” toward a “universal fee cap like Ontario.” (Ontario caps at $22/day)

.@VaughnPalmer on the context and history behind the @bcndp’s secret plan to strip forest companies of compensation for their tenures during land transfers in reconcilliation agreements.

NEW - @UBCIC grand chief Stewart Phillip says he only endorses @Emily_Lowan in her run to be MLA for Saanich North and the Islands, but endorses @bcndp and @Dave_Eby overall to form government. Follows confusion in which it appeared he was endorsing the @BCGreens

Guests @ColeBrassard and... former Transportation Minister @toddstonebc talk Massey Bridge v Tunnel!