NDP, Conservative leaders make campaign promises in Vernon
The leaders of B.C.’s main two parties were in Vernon Saturday morning on the campaign trail.
NDP Leader David Eby and Conservative Leader John Rustad stopped in Vernon Oct.5 to make health care and wildfire announcements, respectively.
At Kin Beach, Eby promised to attract health professionals to B.C. with new initiatives including:
- Loan forgiveness incentive tied to the guarantee that the worker would work in a rural or remote community for a minimum of five-years;
- Expanding to scope for midwives to manage and provide medical abortions;
- Getting out-of-province health professionals to deliver care by requiring the regulatory colleges to provide provisional licenses to Canadian-trained providers;
- Removing red tape for doctors and nurses traveling to work in remote and rural communities;
- Reducing reliance on private staffing agencies by expanding the GoHealthBC service.