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British Columbians are going to the polls at this time amid an outpouring of grief over an assault at a Filipino pageant in Vancouver the place 11 folks had been killed and dozens extra had been harm on Saturday.

Mourners and politicians, together with NDP Chief Jagmeet Singh, attended a vigil Sunday evening for the victims, who ranged in age from 5 to 65. Singh stated he had attended the Lapu Lapu Day pageant however left simply minutes earlier than a person in an SUV mowed down folks on a avenue lined with meals vans.

The three foremost political events head into the federal election largely balanced in B.C., however an knowledgeable says there may very well be a shakeup within the province on the finish of the evening.

There are 14 Liberal seats, 14 Conservatives, 12 NDP, a lone Inexperienced Social gathering member and one vacant seat, however cratering ballot numbers for the New Democrats imply many B.C. seats are up for grabs, and two federal occasion leaders may very well be out of a job by the top of the evening.

Each Singh’s Burnaby using and Inexperienced Social gathering Chief Elizabeth Could’s Saanich—Gulf Islands seat are removed from a positive factor.

“That’s in all probability one of many huge B.C. tales. Are these leaders going to outlive? Jagmeet Singh, his using is completely not protected at this level. Neither are many historically protected NDP seats,” stated Greg Millard, a part of the political science college at B.C.’s Kwantlen Polytechnic College.

“I believe Elizabeth Could, a long-standing occasion chief, she too is in some jeopardy in Saanich—Gulf Islands. So, I believe that is a giant story. Will B.C. be the top of the road for 2 of the leaders of two smaller events?”

Millard says the province may very well be essential on this election, maybe not in deciding the general winner, however in giving a authorities majority versus minority energy.

Millard estimates there are greater than a dozen tight races within the province that might “flip” as Singh’s NDP dropped within the polls amid an rising narrative that this election was a selection between Mark Carney’s Liberals and the Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre.

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