New Democrat Leader David Eby is asking potential Green voters in British Columbia鈥檚 Oct. 19 election to support his party instead to help keep John Rustad鈥檚 B.C. Conservatives out of office.

Eby says Green and NDP voters must stick together this election to defeat the B.C. Conservatives, who are running a campaign of division, denial and plans to dismantle climate initiatives.

At a campaign event today in Squamish, the NDP leader asked Green voters to consider what B.C. would be like if they woke up the day after the election and Rustad鈥檚 B.C. Conservatives were going to form government.

Green Leader Sonia Furstenau, who has said she doesn鈥檛 expect her party to garner enough votes to form government, says electing Green candidates would ensure B.C. politics is not dominated by the NDP or Conservatives.

At last week鈥檚 televised leader鈥檚 debate, Furstenau said both Eby and Rustad will need to be held in check by Green voices in the legislature.

Furstenau, whose Greens won three seats in the 2017 election and helped the NDP form a minority government, has often said her party was blindsided by the NDP when former premier John Horgan called a snap election in 2020.