B.C.’s provincial election is just four days away, and recent polling shows that health care has risen to take priority as British Columbians’ most pressing campaign issue.
Global News sat down with the leaders of B.C.’s three major parties to ask them what they see as the biggest challenges in the health-care system and what they will do to solve them.
BC NDP Leader David Eby
Many people are frustrated with long waits for care. What do you say to the public who hears you talk about progress but have not seen it personally in their situation?
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“I think when you’re dealing with these things any minute is too long, any day on a wait-list is too long.
What I can assure people is we are finally starting to make progress on these issues. We connected 250,000 British Columbians to a family doctor last year. For the first time in 20 years, fewer British Columbians were looking for a family doctor, the number didn’t go …