NDP focuses on Surrey, B.C., battleground as election enters home stretch

SURREY — Health remains a top item on the British Columbia election agenda as the campaign enters its final days.

NDP Leader David Eby will be making an announcement at the Surrey Hospital construction site in the election-battleground city, a day after announcing a $30-million expansion of Kelowna General Hospital on Tuesday.

Both the NDP and B.C. Conservatives have made a series of health pledges as final voting day on Saturday closes in, including announcing the construction of new urgent and primary care facilities across B.C.

The Conservatives say health care is in crisis in the province, with 1.2 million British Columbians lacking a family doctor.

Lorne Doerkson, the party’s interim leader, has also been focused on fundraising in the home stretch of the campaign, with two events scheduled on Wednesday, after five others in the past week.

Advance voting closes at 8 p.m. today, and Elections BC says about 711,000 people have voted in the first five days of early polling, down about 9 per cent compared to the first five days of advance voting in 2024.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct, 21, 2026.

The Canadian Press