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Start the 28-day countdown to the May 9 B.C. election — the provincial campaign officially gets underway today.

Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon has agreed to dissolve the legislature and issue the writ of election in 87 ridings, after a meeting Tuesday with Premier Christy Clark at Government House in Victoria.

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WHERE THE LEADERS ARE TODAY:

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Greens: Andrew Weaver, leader of the B.C. Green party, speaks to media in Vancouver as the provincial election campaign officially begins.

10 a.m. at Creekside Community Recreation Centre, Multipurpose Room #1, 1 Athletes Way

Weaver unveiled an extensive housing platform Tuesday in Vancouver designed to cool the inflated market, curb speculation, and give the middle class a chance at home ownership. Key aspects of the plan include a foreign buyers tax of 30 per cent, applicable province wide, a sliding property transfer tax from zero per cent on the first $200,000 of a property’s value to 12 per cent on a property over $3 million; and investing up to $750 million per year to create around 4,000 units of affordable housing per year. More on the Green plan HERE.