DELTA (NEWS 1130) – BC’s New Democrat leader is still smiling, even as Liberal Party volunteers continue to show up at his campaign stops.

At a media event in Delta today, John Horgan laughed off questions about whether he’s bothered by Liberal Party members shadowing him.

“Well, it’s my view that the BC Liberals have more dollars than sense. If they want to pay a guy to rent a truck and follow me around that’s their business. I’m going to be talking to people about things that matter to people. That’s what my campaign is centred on.”

Horgan is suggesting all the money the Liberals have been collecting for their re-election could have been better spent.

“If the BC Liberals want to hire people to drive around in a truck following me – at least they gave someone a job.”

Asked if he sees it as a sign the Liberals are running scared, Horgan wasn’t holding back.

“The BC Liberals are going to do what they’re going to do. What I do know about Christy Clark is that she gets into a corner, she starts to make things up.”

The BC NDP Leader is also standing by his commitment to scrap tolls on Vancouver’s bridges, despite criticism from some Metro Vancouver mayors. The NDP has promised to get rid of tolls, while the BC Liberals would cap tolls for the Port Mann and Golden Ears Bridges at $500 a year if re-elected.

This afternoon John Horgan responded to news that not all mayors like the idea of getting rid of the tolls on the crossings.

“This is a popular initiative and it’s an initiative that I believe brings fairness back to our transportation infrastructure. There’s no toll on the bridge in Kelowna, there’s no toll on the Sea to Sky Highway. I don’t believe there should be a toll on the Port Mann or the Golden Ears,” Horgan says.

Horgan insists the only support he needs is from the people being forced to pay tolls when other commuters don’t.