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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global News will host the BC Conservative Party leadership debate on Saturday, May 9, 2026. The 90-minute live broadcast — the Global News BC Conservative Leadership Debate — is sponsored by Resource Works.
The debate airs live from 4:30 to 6:00 pm Pacific on all Global BC News platforms: all-news channel BC1, globalnews.ca streaming platforms, and YouTube.
Global’s BC legislature reporter and anchor Ben O’Hara-Byrne will moderate the debate that will bring together the candidates competing to lead the Conservative Party of BC.
“The importance of natural resources to the BC economy is what drove Resource Works to propose this debate,” says Stewart Muir, President and CEO of Resource Works. He added that he hopes candidates will share their proposals for raising living standards, stimulating economic growth, and securing energy, food and shelter for BC residents.
“Natural resources and related processing account for nearly half of British Columbia’s international goods and services export base,” says Muir. “With vast natural gas reserves, BC has high future potential as a supplier of energy and energy security to Canadians and our trading partners. The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and LNG Canada have clearly demonstrated the economic lift that comes from safe, responsible investment in natural resources.
Added Muir: “The mineral exploration and mining sector employs more than 35,000 people, while industries including forestry, salmon farming and agriculture provide housing and food security to millions. The candidates seeking to lead BC’s Official Opposition should be tested on the questions that flow from that – in front of the British Columbians they hope to serve.”
Resource Works is a non-partisan, not for profit organization founded in Vancouver in 2014. Its sponsorship of this debate reflects its mission to build public understanding of the natural resource economy and the issues that matter to British Columbians – not support for any party or candidate.
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