The B.C. Conservatives have secured another seat after the final vote results for this fall's provincial election, flipping a Burnaby riding from the NDP.
Housing experts are cautiously optimistic the latest federal budget will help make homes more affordable, but they say Ottawa will need to get the provinces on board.
"I think that that is money that is much needed, our region has probably been hurt the most in terms of this government's failure to secure a softwood lumber agreement or to even make forestry a priority," Doherty said.
