B.C. Conservatives aiming for top prize in 2024, while Greens hoping to triple seat count

For the first time in decades there were four official parties sitting in the B.C. Legislature sparking lively debates on a range of controversial topics.

For the first time in decades there were four official parties sitting in the B.C. Legislature sparking lively debates on a range of controversial topics.

CTV News sat down with the leader of the BC Conservatives, John Rustad, and the leader of the BC Greens, Sonia Furstenau to get their take on the fall session – and what they predict for their parties and the province going forward.

The BC Conservatives ended the fall session of the legislature surging in public opinion polls, in second place ahead of BC United. Leader John Rustad said those results didn’t surprise him.

"I think that’s what we are tapping into as the Conservative party of British Columbia, is (that) we can do things differently,” said Rustad.

In fact, he says he's eyeing the top prize in the 2024 provincial election.

“We actually think were going to be challenging the NDP and David Eby’s government for government.”

The fall session saw the Conservatives generate plenty of controversy – pushing to eliminate SOGI, the sexual orientation and gender identity resource from BC schools and pledging to scrap the government’s Clean BC plan and carbon taxes.