Conservative government would be ‘laser-focused’ on economy: Rustad

A Conservative government would be “laser focused” on creating jobs and revitalizing B.C.’s flagging economy, Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad said Wednesday at a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) leaders luncheon.

To that end, it would cut red tape and taxes – notably the provincial carbon tax – address the growing concerns businesses have with drugs and petty and violent crime, and remove economic barriers faced by B.C.’s resource sector, notably forestry.

Rustad has been hammering new planks to his party’s platform on a daily basis for weeks now, so there was not much new for him to announce at Wednesday’s leaders’ lunch.

Some of Rustad’s previously announced pledges

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