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Sep 25, 2020 8:11 PM -

John Horgan and Andrew Wilkinson focus on housing issues; Sonia Furstenau continues meetings in Cowichan Valley-area riding

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Premier John Horgan leaves the podium following his announcement that there will be a fall election as he speaks during a press conference in Langford, B.C., on Monday September 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

New Democrat Leader John Horgan was in Coquitlam this morning for a housing announcement where he pledged to build many more units of affordable housing and prevent the BC Liberals from abolishing the housing speculation tax.

But a statement from the Liberals says the NDP government has only completed a fraction of the homes it planned to build and just five per cent of those are affordable rental housing.

Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson focused on the homelessness crisis during a stop in Vancouver's Yaletown neighbourhood this morning.

Green party Leader Sonia Furstenau doesn't have any public events today but continues to meet with organizers and constituents in her Cowichan Valley-area riding.

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