Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre returned a third time to British Columbia over the Easter long weekend, as his party executes the final days of a two-year strategy to go all-in on this province.

Poilievre visited Richmond and Surrey, making an announcement to change the Criminal Code to allow judges to sentence people to involuntary addictions care.

It was another in a series of drug and crime-related announcements the Conservatives had made in B.C., including a pledge to scrap decriminalization, increase addictions treatment funding and ban overdose prevention sites.

“It’s very important,” Poilievre said Saturday when I asked him about how B.C. fits into his election strategy.

“The question for British Columbians is, after a lost Liberal decade of skyrocketing costs and crime, can you afford a fourth Liberal term?”

In contrast, Liberal Leader Mark Carney has visited the province once during the election — though both leaders are expected to return again during cross-country blitzes in the final days.

Poilievre has campaigned in the province 19 times since he became leader two........

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