With just days to go before the federal election, British Columbia is shaping up to be a crucial battleground that could decide whether the country sees a majority government.
Current polling suggests a Mark Carney-led majority government is possible, but in order to achieve that goal the Liberals will likely need to poach multiple seats that were held by the NDP when Parliament dissolved.
More than half of the New Democrat caucus, 13 seats, were based in British Columbia, and the Grits have been campaigning hard in several they think they can win.
Among those is Port Moody-Coquitlam, which has flipped between the NDP and the Conservatives since the early 1990s. Incumbent New Democrat Bonita Zarillo is defending the seat, but Liberal Zoe Royer, a school trustee and former Port Moody councillor, thinks she can win.
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