As David Eby prepares to be sworn in as B.C.\u0027s 37th premier on Friday — stepping into the shadow of his predecessor John Horgan, one of B.C.\u0027s most popular premiers — perhaps the most important trait he must assume is fixer.
David Eby has been all these things at one point in his career. But as he prepares to be sworn in as B.C.’s 37th premier on Friday — stepping into the shadow of his predecessor John Horgan, one of B.C.’s most popular premiers — perhaps the most important trait he must assume is fixer.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
“I have very high expectations of my colleagues, of our government, of myself,” Eby told Postmedia News as he walked from his downtown Victoria hotel to his transition office behind the legislature building.Article contentPhoto by Darren Stone | The Times ColonisEby made his expectations clear in a letter to the public service in which he hinted at a shakeup that has little patience for the slow bureaucracy that can stymie broad changes.
Eby also signalled an end to fossil fuel subsidies, an olive branch to environmentalists who supported his opponent Anjali Appadurai, the 32-year-old climate activist who was disqualified from the leadership race in October after an investigation by B.C. NDP’s chief electoral officer found she engaged in improper co-ordination with third party groups.
Premier-delegate David Eby and his transition team. Left to right: Matt Smith, Doug White, David Eby, Carole James.The B.C. Liberals have hammered the crime issue in question period, branding Eby the “incoming soft-on-crime premier” as they detail horrific attacks happening regularly.
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