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As a new year dawns and the clock starts ticking toward the May election, British Columbia’s three main political leaders will battle for your attention and your votes with three different visions for the province.

Premier Christy Clark is seeking her second mandate — the fifth in a row for the governing Liberal Party — while NDP leader John Horgan tries to finally break what he calls “the divine right of Liberals” to rule the province.

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Green Party leader Andrew Weaver seems poised for a breakthrough, especially if he upstages the other two in a televised leaders’ debate.

In many ways, it could all come down to money: who has the most cash to spend on a campaign, and who can convince voters they’re the best choice to manage and spend your hard-earned tax dollars in government.

For Clark, the biggest issue of the election could be the housing affordability crisis in Metro Vancouver.

“I remember when I was finally able to afford my own first home — a 1,500-sq. ft. house in Port Moody,” Clark recalled in an interview.