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VICTORIA — B.C.’s Green and New Democrat parties may be power-sharing friends at the provincial legislature, but their federal counterparts are fighting an increasingly nasty war of words in the final days of the election campaign as they jockey to win key Vancouver Island ridings.

The Greens have complained that the NDP have been “dishonest” and “disgraceful” by blanketing the southern part of the Island with flyers that question whether the Greens will defend a woman’s right to access safe abortions, and whether the party will oppose budget cuts to services proposed by the federal Conservatives.

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“Does the Green party really share your values?” read the pamphlet, which includes quotes suggesting the Greens would prop up a minority Tory government.

May has called the flyers a misinformation campaign and demanded an apology from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.

“I think many voters find it dispiriting that the NDP feels so threatened that they’ve resorted to smears and throwing mud,” May said Thursday. “It’s not something Canadians want.”