# B.C. snap election a historic political gamble

https://mins.news/en/video/84377

- Global News, 2026-10-03 01:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJJmjxWFMV8

> New polling suggests support may be shifting after B.C. Premier David Eby called a snap election last week. The B.C. Conservatives, weakened after Kerry Lynne Findlay’s resignation, are gaining ground at the NDP’s expense. Eby’s effort to strengthen the NDP’s slim majority through an early vote is a political gamble that has backfired before.

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