It will make the ugliness of his path to the top job seem like an autumn stroll, writes Wendy Cox
The B.C. NDP made it official this week: David Eby will be sworn in as the province’s premier on Nov. 18. What lies ahead of him will make
Regarding the concern mounting over prolific offenders, a drumbeat amplified these past weeks by repeated questions from the Opposition Liberals, Mr. Eby told Justine the fix needs to come from Ottawa, though he hasn’t ruled out investments in mental-health programs and a new kind of involuntary rehabilitation facility for those who present a risk of harm to others.
He says government can set targets, but the fact is “the public doesn’t care about your 10-point plan or your 50-point plan,” they want their issues addressed now. Members of the Saskatchewan Party are also being assailed this week, but for reasons that were entirely avoidable. Backbench MLA Lyle Stewart invited former Saskatchewan cabinet minister and convicted wife killer Colin Thatcher to the legislature to, inexplicably, attend a Throne Speech that included touting his government’s law-and-order agenda., initially, Mr. Stewart said the now-84-year-old Mr.