If BC New Democrats win Saturday’s election, they’ll need to send Chip Wilson a thank-you card and some sort of edible flower arrangement.

The billionaire founder of Lululemon has in the final days of the campaign become the cartoon villain of the NDP’s dreams — an arrogant, condescending rich dude who lives in a gated mansion in Point Grey, thinks working-class people are lazy, and happens to be supporting the BC Conservative party.

Wilson bumbled into the election campaign a couple of weeks ago when he erected a large sign outside his mansion calling the NDP “communists.” He later doubled-down in a remarkably tone-deaf newspaper op-ed.

NDP Leader David Eby has seized upon the opportunity, tying Wilson and Conservative Leader John Rustad together.

“There's a reason why Chip Wilson is supporting John Rustad, because he sees his values reflected in the B.C. Conservative Party cutting taxes for those who are already at the top, like Chip Wilson, while everybody else is struggling with the cost of daily life,” Eby said Thursday.

“As he says,........

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