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Originally Posted by rubecube
I don't know if you can call it a protest vote entirely. The Island has been decidedly orange for years and most of Vancouver has been trending that way for a while, too. It's not really surprising either because that's obviously where the COL:income ratio is the most appalling.
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The Island is a funny place. Resource economy died 40 years ago, and now, the place is either just poor or lives on tourist dollars. Meanwhile, everyone acts like it is some kind of utopian paradise, but in reality, could only exist through massive federal/provincial subsidies.
Hard to square that with labour concerns in the northeast corner of the province, or even the Lower Mainland.