“A Conservative Party of BC government will match Ottawa’s investment of up to $22.4 million to service 165 acres at Kelowna International Airport’s East Lands. That’s the foundation for an aerospace cluster at YLW and close to 3,000 private-sector jobs in the Okanagan.

“I pushed the NDP on this in budget estimates. They wouldn’t commit. Now, in the middle of a snap election, David Eby suddenly wants to come to the table. That’s not leadership. It’s a desperate, cynical attempt to save his own job.

“Kelowna’s unemployment rate hit 9.3 per cent in September, among the highest of any major urban centre in Canada. People here need strong leadership for serious times, not a premier who only shows up when his job is on the line. A Conservative government will get this done.” – Gavin Dew, Conservative Party of BC Candidate for Kelowna-Mission.

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