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Peter Milobar launches leadership bid, says Conservatives are ready to govern British Columbia

IMAGE CREDIT:  Katie DeRosa - CBC News

Outside the British Columbia Legislature today, MLA Peter Milobar launched his campaign to become Leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia, delivering a clear message: British Columbians are ready for change. Under Peter Milobar, BC Conservatives are ready to lead.

People are leaving this province because they cannot afford to stay,” he said. 

A generation has given up on ever buying a home. Communities are dealing with open drug use and repeat violent offenders, while our health care system is on the brink of collapse. That is a failure of leadership in Victoria.”

Milobar’s campaign will focus on restoring affordability, public safety, and health care by reversing BC NDP policies that have driven up costs, unleashed chaos on our streets, and left families without access to proper healthcare.

“As Conservatives, we believe in common sense, a strong and growing economy, and safe communities. We believe law-abiding citizens deserve to feel safe in their neighbourhoods. We believe drugs kill people, and that compassion means treatment, recovery, and accountability. We believe that parents should have a meaningful voice in their children’s education.”, added Milobar.

Milobar is committed to protecting property rights by repealing DRIPA and replacing it with a BC Reconciliation Act that supports Indigenous communities’ ability to care for their communities and sets out a new framework to deliver real reconciliation that includes all British Columbians.

We are not a protest party. If we want to change British Columbia, we have to win,” said Milobar. 

“I have led at the local level. I have governed as a mayor. I am a sitting MLA, already in the fight every day. This party is ready to win, and I am ready to lead it.”

More information is available at www.petermilobar.ca


 

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