David Eby reacts to Chip Wilson’s pre-election op-ed [Video]

B.C. NDP Leader David Eby slammed his billionaire constituent Chip Wilson – again – on the campaign trail, following the publication of an op-ed by the Lululemon founder.

On Wednesday, Wilson expounded on his political views and his displeasure with the B.C. NDP in a column for the Vancouver Sun three days before voting day.

The roughly 900-word piece decries the party for “penalizing the uber-successful,” fostering widespread “dependence” on government handouts, stifling economic growth, dimming the “bright light of success and wealth creation” – undermining the ability of individual people to “reach their full potential” and ushering in B.C.’s inevitable decline.

Eby – unprompted – responded to the op-ed at a campaign stop Thursday.

“If I didn’t know it was real, I would think it was a parody” he said.

The NDP leader seized on two points in particular; Wilson claiming the NDP’s policies breed “laziness” among swathes of the population in the province and that people who have …