Billionaire Chip Wilson’s feud with BC NDP escalates with new sign

There is little doubt about how B.C. billionaire Chip Wilson feels about the upcoming provincial election.

The Lululemon founder raised eyebrows last week with a custom-made sign placed outside his $81 million Point Gray mansion last week that targeted the BC NDP.

The sign, which accused David Eby’s NDP of being “communists,” was defaced with profanities over the weekend. The vandals also used spray paint to scribble similar epithets on the mansion’s exterior walls, including “selfish billionaire lives here.”

By Monday, the spray paint was gone and Wilson had installed a new sign.

“Voters seem to forget that when Eby ‘gives’ us money, the voters’ money has already been taken,” the new sign reads.

The billboard quickly caught the attention of both leading party leaders.

“Chip’s new sign doesn’t explain who pays more (Chip) and who gets money (not Chip),” Eby wrote on social media website X (formerly Twitter).

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The post goes on to accuse BC Conservative Leader John Rustad of plans to cut taxes for the province’s wealthiest and touting the NDP’s proposed $1,000 tax cut for families.

Rustad also responded on social media to Wilson’s signal to say he doesn’t fight for billionaires either.

“Sorry Chip, a Conservative Party of BC government is not going to give special tax breaks to billionaires,” Rustad wrote.

“You are excluded from our homeowners and renters discount (also known as the Rustad discount).”

The proposed “Rustad Rebate” is essentially a tax break on up to $1,500 in 2026 (and up to $3,000 in 2029) in mortgage or rental costs, which the party estimates could save people up to $265 on their taxes initially and up to $1,700 in the future . 2029.

Election day is October 19.

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