David Eby became the leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party Friday, paving the way for his swearing-in as premier at a date that has yet to be determined.
VANCOUVER — Supporters of British Columbia’s next premier admire it, while his rivals are wary of it.Eby has developed a reputation for tackling some of the most complex and contentious portfolios on the B.C. government’s plate while in cabinet and bringing fierce arguments to the table against his opponents.
Eby became the leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party Friday, paving the way for his swearing-in as premier at a date that has yet to be determined. After gaining attention as a passionate critic in Opposition, he joined cabinet when the NDP took power in 2017. Some of his files as attorney general and minister responsible for housing have included a crackdown on money laundering, driving debate for housing policy reforms and revamping the cash-strapped Crown-owned Insurance Corporation of B.C., which he memorably labelled a “dumpster fire.
He told a news conference Friday that his work with Pivot Legal Society as an advocate for people living on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was formative. “If I wasn’t doing that, then I wasn’t doing my job. That is what it is all about for me and that remains true in government.” She would give him her honest input about how a policy might affect her, and he would take that seriously, she said.“When you’re dealing with someone as clever and intelligent and partisan as David Eby, you’d better be prepared,” said BC Liberal Mike de Jong, who served as Eby’s critic on the attorney general file before he left his cabinet duties.
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