BC Election Shows No Party Has Monopoly on Ethnic Voters

Commentary
On Oct. 19, a nail-biter B.C. election resulted in razor thin margins: 46 seats for the NDP, 45 seats for the Conservatives, and two for the Greens.
This seat breakdown may still change, as 49,000 mail-in and out-of-district votes have yet to be counted. Also up in the air are the results of upcoming recounts, which will take place in two ridings where the B.C. NDP won by fewer than 100 votes.
The election campaign saw its share of negative attacks and digging up past social commentary points and allegations of racism. These attacks were for the most part one-sided, targeting the Conservatives to show them as racist….