The Pollcast: Polls and tolls in the B.C. election campaign

The CBC Pollcast, hosted by CBC poll analyst Éric Grenier, explores the world of electoral politics, political polls and the trends they reveal.

As the provincial election campaign in British Columbia enters its second week, Christy Clark's B.C. Liberals and John Horgan's B.C. New Democrats are running nearly neck-and-neck in the polls. The latest numbers suggest the NDP holds only a narrow advantage.

So the vote could come down to only a handful of seats — and those south of the Fraser River, in the Lower Mainland, could prove decisive.

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Accordingly, the first week of the campaign was dominated by two duelling promises from the Liberals and NDP on bridge tolls. The Liberals promised to cap commuters' annual toll fees to $500 for two bridges over the Fraser River. The NDP then promised to eliminate the tolls entirely.

How are these toll policies playing out in the campaign? And how are the two parties handling Andrew Weaver's B.C. Greens, who continue to make gains in the polls?

To break down week one of the campaign, and what to look for in week two, Pollcast host Éric Grenier is joined by Richard Zussman, the CBC's legislative reporter in British Columbia, and Justine Hunter, B.C. political reporter for the Globe and Mail.

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