You can’t have an election in B.C. without a dash of class warfare, but it’s more obvious than usual this time around.

The philosophical gap between the major parties is more pronounced since the middling BC United camp gave up in August and ceded to the Conservative Party of B.C.

The rhetoric has escalated accordingly. This week it touched on a prominent billionaire who quickly became a symbolic representative of the haves, as opposed to the have-nots.

Chip Wilson, the founder of Lululemon, put up a billboard in front of his house (assessed at $82 million, the most expensive home in B.C.) proclaiming that “the NDP is Communist.”

It’s in NDP Leader David Eby’s Vancouver-Point Grey riding, no less. Asked about it Friday, Conservative Leader John Rustad said: “I don’t disagree … when he calls David Eby a communist.”

Continuing the thought, he said: “David Eby seems to think that the private sector has no role in providing housing and I’m not interested in Soviet-style housing in B.C.” Eby retorted Friday: “If you’re a billionaire like Chip Wilson, I understand I may not be your guy… I guess John Rustad is........

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