British Columbia's New Democrat premier, David Eby, is urging voters to cast their ballots for NDP candidates in the upcoming federal election.

The message comes as the party slumps in the polls, and former federal New Democrat leader Tom Mulcair calls the party "an afterthought" in the current election.

In an op-ed published in BNN Bloomberg, Mulcair argues that given the threats to Canada's economy and sovereignty posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the election is a "race between the ruling …