NDP focuses on Surrey, B.C., battleground as election enters home stretch

SURREY — Health remains a top item on the British Columbia election agenda as the campaign enters its final days.

NDP Leader David Eby will be making an announcement at the Surrey Hospital construction site in the election-battleground city, a day after announcing a $30-million expansion of Kelowna General Hospital on Tuesday.

Both the NDP and B.C. Conservatives have made a series of health pledges as final voting day on Saturday closes in, including announcing the construction of new urgent and primary care facilities across B.C.

The Conservatives say health care is in crisis in the province, with 1.2 million British Columbians lacking a family doctor.