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Vaughn Palmer: NDP knives were out for David Eby before the last vote was cast

Opinion: The now-former NDP leader never had a good answer to the campaign's No. 1 election. Why was it called?

VICTORIA — NDP Leader David Eby was asked again and again during the campaign: “Why are we having this election?”

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It was the No. 1 question of Election 2026, as Eby himself admitted. And he never had a good answer.

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He started with the need for a stronger mandate to deal with Donald Trump. He made 20 references to the hated........

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