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B.C. United leader says Conservatives have rejected election deal (www.cbc.ca)

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B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon says the provincial Conservatives have rejected a deal to avoid vote-splitting in the fall provincial election.

He says talks between the two right-of-centre parties concluded with B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad rejecting a proposed "non-competition" agreement.

Falcon says Rustad has "placed his own ambition" above B.C.'s interests and is risking the re-election of the governing NDP.

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[–] LimpRimble@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

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Rustad also released a statement Friday in which he attacked Falcon and quashed any possibility of a merger, saying Falcon definitively rejected the idea late last year.

"Kevin Falcon declined our offers in December 2023 to discuss a possible merger — with a single message stating, and I quote, 'F--k Off'," Rustad said in the statement.