Candidates in Nanaimo are treating this campaign as a dry run and the Greens, in particular, are hoping it signals a change in the way Canadians regard the party
Voters in Nanaimo-Ladysmith are sorting through promises of climate-change action, affordable housing and job creation as they head to the polls on Monday to elect a new representative in Ottawa.
Mr. Singh has campaigned in the riding with candidate Bob Chamberlin, a high-profile Kwakwaka’wakw leader who is vice-president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. But the Green candidate Mr. Manly, who also ran in 2015, said a federal government isn’t in the balance for this by-election. While the Greens are attracting increasing numbers of voters across Canada, the NDP is a trusted political machine with significantly more resources, he said.
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