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B.C. voters need to get full and accurate information before they cast their ballots on May 9, says the Liberals’ Mike de Jong.

“Before they can make an informed choice, they need to know the facts,” the Liberal finance minister said at a heavily hyped presentation on the NDP’s “deceitful” election platform.

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I agree with him.

And that’s why I was disgusted to then watch de Jong criticize billions of dollars worth of spending promises that the NDP has not made in this election campaign.

He said the NDP “commitment” to freeze B.C. Hydro rates and ICBC premiums for four years will cost a combined $3.2 billion.

The NDP has not committed to these things, so I asked de Jong why he included them in his presentation.

“In the absence of information suggesting what their rates will be, they said they’re going to freeze the rates,” he sputtered.

Not for four years, they haven’t. Anybody who thinks any government will freeze Hydro and ICBC rates for four years needs to have their head examined.