BC United and Greens reset campaigns, as new poll shows election a two-party race

BC's election is looking more and more like a twop party race the BC conservatives and the BC NDP tied in support amongst decided voters according to a new Main Street research poll today lagging far behind the greens and United parties both also struggling with fundraising and both now resetting their campaigns the greens on the hunt for a new campaign manager after MLA Adam Olson announced he won't run again and will instead oversee party election Readiness I think that we have uh had a pause and a reflection and um you know making sure that what we're doing is aligned with what our tended goals and outcomes are and getting a a stronger uh green presence in the in the in the chamber at the end of uh the election the greens issuing a call on social media for new candidates the party only has 18 Olson says he'd like to get as close to a Full Slate of 93 is possible we've always wanted to have a presence in the legislature that is larger than the one that that we have had over the last seven years and previously you know before that uh the last 10 years and and longer so we're going to continue to set aspirational goals for ourselves we're going to continue to try to meet those goals BC United today announcing its new campaign manager Mark Werner former manager of MLA Ellis Ross's leadership campaign but whom the NDP immediately attacked for far right political support of figures like Donald Trump also today United losing prominent Vancouver area MLA Michael Lee a lawyer in the party who said he is leaving for a job in the AI sector a double blow as United continues to Crater to last place in the polls amid defections of candidates mlas organizers and donors to the BC conservatives the greens also not immune to criticism former leader Andrew Weaver vocally and publicly saying the party has become irrelevant as it caters to environmental extremists Olson dismissing that Andrew Weaver has been talking uh a lot for many years about uh his perspectives and you know um I I think that uh he's free to do so olon saying he's focused on the future as BC's political landscape keeps shifting