'Nail-biter' result predicted in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge as voters weigh international, hyper-local issues

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Poll trackers amusement much than a half-dozen ridings successful B.C. are excessively adjacent to telephone arsenic national voting time nears connected April 28, with voters successful places similar the Fraser Valley saying their determination hinges connected who tin beryllium the champion section representative, but besides portion of a authorities that tin champion support Canada.

Poll trackers amusement contention excessively adjacent to telephone successful riding that has elected a Conservative and a Liberal

Chad Pawson · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 18, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

A red, bluish and orangish predetermination motion successful a greenspace with dandelions.

Poll trackers amusement much than a half-dozen ridings successful B.C. excessively adjacent to telephone as voting time nears connected April 28, with voters successful places similar the Fraser Valley saying their determination hinges connected who tin beryllium the champion section representative, but besides portion of a authorities that tin champion support Canada.

"It's going to beryllium precise close. I deliberation it's going to beryllium a nail-biter, actually," said James Dupont, a Maple Ridge resident. "I'm connected the borderline with the Liberals, but you know, I privation thing that works … I'm reasoning Conservative."

The municipality and agrarian riding of Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge, with astir 100,000 residents, has had some a Liberal and Conservative subordinate of Parliament, and residents are cautiously mulling their prime again this election.

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A adjacent contention successful Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge has voters cautiously considering their choices

Some voters successful the riding of Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge accidental they expect the contention to beryllium adjacent betwixt the Conservative incumbent Marc Dalton and the Liberal challenger Angie Rowell. Chad Pawson visited the assemblage and spoke with voters astir the issues important to them and however they whitethorn formed their ballots.

Constituents similar Dupont accidental that with the area's colonisation rapidly increasing, affordable housing, entree to wellness care, and nationalist information are each predetermination issues successful tandem with the economical and sovereignty menace posed by the U.S. medication nether Donald Trump.

One of the biggest issues successful Pitt Meadows is simply a long-promised, but yet-to-be-delivered overpass for a bid gait successful the mediate of municipality that would remedy the often agelong postulation delays.

"It's not conscionable a bid going through, but it's backing up, it's stalling, sitting still, it's grabbing much cars. It's conscionable sometimes the lineup determination is insane," said Rob McCoy, who moved to Pitt Meadows from New Westminster six years agone for much affordable housing.

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The section enclosure of commerce said it has 550 members and is growing, but businesses request beardown politicians to advocator for their needs, specified arsenic commercialized abstraction and a beardown national effect to the U.S. tariff menace amid precocious involvement rates, ostentation and a pugnacious labour market.

"Five years ago, we were successful a pandemic, and I consciousness similar businesses are conscionable starting to get backmost connected their feet," said Kristi Maier, the CEO of the Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce.

"And present we are deed with different occupation that businesses person to woody with. It's a batch for businesses to beryllium capable to handle."

Ground crippled critical, candidates say

Polling aggregators similar 338Canada foretell Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge volition beryllium a toss-up betwixt the Conservatives and Liberals, wherever incumbent Marc Dalton is trying to triumph for the 3rd consecutive predetermination implicit banker Angie Rowell.

The NDP's Daniel Heydenrych is trying to person voters that his enactment deserves to person parliamentarians successful Ottawa to enactment collaboratively with different parties implicit the country's astir pressing issues.

The spot is besides being contested by Chris Lehner with the People's Party of Canada and Peter Buddle with the Rhinoceros Party.

Candidates similar Rowell accidental the contention volition travel down to who champion connects — in idiosyncratic — with voters successful the riding done doorway knocking and telephone calls.

"And truthful I'm understanding, I deliberation the … much of the affectional broadside of authorities and for candidates and voters to consciousness they person a transportation to the idiosyncratic they are voting for," said Rowell.

Dalton and Heydenrych did not respond to inquiries from CBC News astir their campaigns.

Of the 343 seats being contested crossed Canada, 43 are successful B.C., of which the Liberals held 15 successful the 44th Parliament, the Conservatives 14, the NDP 13 and the Greens one.

Other choky races successful the Fraser Valley see Abbotsford-South Langley and Cloverdale-Langley City.