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Horgan promises schools in Liberal-held riding

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 29 Sep, 2020 09:41 PM
  • Horgan promises schools in Liberal-held riding

NDP Leader John Horgan was in Liberal territory today promising to complete two school construction projects if re-elected in British Columbia on Oct. 24.

Horgan says a New Democrat government will build a high school and middle school in the Burke Mountain area of Coquitlam in Metro Vancouver.

He says the timeline for the high school calls for a 2023 completion date, with the middle school completed shortly afterwards.

Former New Democrat MP Fin Donnelly is running for the B.C. NDP in the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain riding held by Liberal Joan Isaacs.

Horgan says the NDP has promised to build 102 schools in B.C. since 2017 and hired 4,200 new teachers.

At a campaign stop today in Campbell River, B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson said Horgan is making old news announcements while the Liberals are taking bold steps by promising to cut the provincial sales tax to zero for one year if elected.

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