Opinion: The premier is leaving on his own terms, with an approval rating that has made him one of the most popular premiers in the country.
“It is rare for a political leader to have the opportunity to say, ‘I think it’s time for someone else’, without it being a less-comfortable moment,” he reminded reporters on Tuesday. “So the timing was right.”
Horgan is leaving on his own terms, with a sustained approval rating that has made him one of the most popular premiers in the country through five years in office.Until recently, he would say that he leaped out of bed every day to get on with the job.He repeated that in a variety of ways Tuesday, lest anyone doubt that the recent toll on his health fully accounted for his decision to not seek another term in 2024.
When the NDP leadership opened up following the party’s surprise defeat in the 2013 election, Horgan, who had finished third in an earlier leadership race, took himself out of the running.When no NextGen candidates came forward to lead the demoralized Opposition, Horgan was persuaded to take the job that no one wanted.
Then came Horgan’s masterstroke, the snap election call a year earlier than the date he, himself, had enshrined into provincial law.
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