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The leader of the BC United party says Conservatives leader John Rustad has rejected a non-compete agreement in order to defeat the NDP come October.
The proposed agreement would have seen the two parties agree not to run candidates against each other, not to attack each other, and not merge with each other.
Falcon says Rustad rejected the “reasonable” offer, putting at risk another David Eby led NDP government.
“In doing so, John Rustad placed his own ambition above the best interests of British Columbia,” Falcon said Friday.
Multiple recent polls have shown United — the ruling party in this province for 16 years before 2017 — trailing far behind the Conservatives, which as of this time last year didn’t have a single seat in the legislature.
United currently has 16 seats in the Legislature to the Conservatives two. If the proposal was agreed to, it would have seen the Conservatives run in 46 seats, and United in 47 seats.
“As British Columbians continue to ask John Rustad and myself on the campaign trail why we could not find common ground, I can confidently say that BC United did everything possible to secure a free enterprise, non-competition framework,” Falcon said.