David Eby: “When you smell smoke you don’t sit and wait to see what happens next.”

Doing so will create unbelievable chaos at a time we need to be building up this province.

An NDP government would also provide incentives for doctors to offer same-day appointments, evening and weekend care, and would add 1,000 training seats for nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health workers and care aides.

Recruiting new physicians to move to rural communities helps them deepen roots there and commit for the long-term to serve rural communities — an urgent issue that we know needs more attention.

In this moment of profound heartbreak, as British Columbians and Canadians, let’s wrap our arms around their families, supporting them and joining in the mourning of this horrible tragedy.