Premier Christy Clark dropped by New Westminster on Wednesday to help rally the troops working on Liberal candidate Hector Bremner's campaign.
Clark told a crowd of more than 100 supporters that the B.C. Liberals will grow the economy so the government can make the kind of investments that make New Westminster such a great place to live.
"It means we have the money to fulfill the commitment to complete and grow Royal Columbian Hospital, a hospital that has provided such good service to this community, a hospital that when my mother was dying of her brain tumour gave her the best possible care you could find anywhere in the world. When she needed it, Royal Columbian was there. When my family needed the nurses, the doctors, and all the caregivers there, the LPNs, everybody who breaks their back everyday to look after people, when my family needed them, Royal Columbian was there," Clark said. "And we are going to make sure that Royal Columbian is the best hospital it can possibly be. We are going to make that investment in Royal Columbian - and you know why we are going to do it? Because we can afford to. And why can we afford to do it? Because we are growing the economy. That's where it all begins."
As the crowd awaited Clark's arrival, social media was abuzz with news that Clark may have spoiled her ballot when voting at an advanced poll earlier in the day in Burnaby, that a movement was afoot within the B.C. Liberals to oust her if the party lost the election and that the Liberals had released a video online targeting Adrian Dix and refused to remove it despite requests from organizers of the televised leaders debate who stated it was copyrighted material.
