Campaign in a Nutshell: Burnaby-New Westminster

NDP incumbent MP Peter Julian campaigns on Jack Layton's budget, his work for people with disabilities, and his record.

Mary Pynenburg of the Liberals, no longer working at New West city hall, campaigns as a cancer survivor, promises to bring more cabinet ministers to the riding, and takes a week and a half long break in mid-campaign. To top it all off, she campaigns mainly on the issue of accountability.

Conservative school teacher Marc Dalton, despite an early visit from Stephen Harper, appears as a non-factor until the last two weeks of the campaign, when he becomes the focus of both his opponents' attacks as he surges on his party's popularity.

Green Scott Janzen, a young Power Smart employee, gets more signs up in the area than in any previous south Burnaby or New Westminster campaign as he develops into a credible alternative for voters sick of the three mainstream parties.