Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
3 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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It was a night of change for many municipalities across B.C. on Saturday night as incumbent mayors and most of their slates were voted out of office.
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mayors → vote → office
Former Surrey councillor Barinder Rasode said it appeared to be an election driven by a desire for change, not an ideological shift.
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it → say → change
“It was a real indication and need for change on issues that matter to community around public safety, affordability and housing,” she said.
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she → matter → safety
But for some, the unexpected results have them wondering if it is an indication of what might happen during the provincial election this Saturday.
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what → have → election
“The shelf life of a successful government in Canada now is about 10 years,” Hamish Telford, University of the Fraser Valley political science associate professor, said.
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Telford → say → Valley
Telford points out that civic voters made a change, but they went with familiar options.
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they → point → options
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“Pete Fry, longtime councillor in Vancouver, Doug McCallum, of course, former longtime mayor of Surrey, they were changing to what they perceived as a safe pair of hands,” he added.
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he → get → hands
“And I think some people still have question marks about the Conservative Party, if not about Lorne Doerkson himself.”
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people → think → Doerkson
The results from Saturday still seem hard to predict, but Telford said, as voters saw with outgoing Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, it can backfire to run a negative campaign.
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it → seem → campaign
All the political leaders have traded barbs.
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leaders → trade → barbs
“You have someone right now who is denouncing police in this province,” Doerkson said at last Wednesday’s leaders debate.
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Doerkson → have → debate
“You wrote a book about how to sue the police.”
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You → write → police
- Alberta voting locations extend hours after late openings, delaying referendum results
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locations → extend → results
Report finds more than $40M in excess claims, misconduct in Winnipeg police HQ construction
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Report → find → construction
Trustees in supervised school boards won’t be sworn in after election: Ford government
- Stiles unavailable to canvas for Chow as Toronto election enters final week
On Sunday, BC Green Party leader Emily Lowan said: “David Eby called this snap election two years early for nobody but himself.
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Eby → supervise → himself
But Eby is also biting back.
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Eby → bite → ?
On Monday, he called out three BC Conservative candidates – Brian Tepper, Heather Moss and David Williams – who Eby said are members of a separatist Facebook group called the BC Prosperity Project.
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Eby → call → group
“They are enabling and legitimizing a fringe political project in British Columbia to try to separate us from Canada,” Eby said.
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Eby → enable → Canada
Telford said the negative attacks by the BC NDP may work in their favour.
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attacks → say → favour
“On the other hand, the NDP has to promise something positive and I’m not sure we’re seeing that so far,” he added.
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he → have → that
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