The Tyee did an interesting study (2009) on how BC's economy fared in the past under the NDP versus the Liberals and the Socreds. The result?  There was no economic downtown that could be attributed to NDP policy, and not once in their tenure was there negative economic growth. 

But the BC Liberals and the vested interests that support them, have mastered the art of fake news long before we saw it's surge across the border. They have been superbly effective at spreading their message - that a vote for the NDP spells economic doom. That voters cannot afford to give them another chance to govern, even with no past factual evidence to support this.

And sadly for the Province, which needs a change to counter years of re-election corruption and arrogance, the NDP just cannot overcome this perception.