B.C. Premier Eby to make address with election call expected

VICTORIA — B.C. Premier David Eby says he will deliver an address later today amid expectations of a snap election call.

The premier has called reporters to Government House, where it’s expected he’ll ask Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia to dissolve the legislature and set off an election campaign less than two years into his mandate.

It comes after the Opposition British Columbia Conservatives scrapped an appearance by new interim leader Lorne Doerkson, citing a possible election.

Eby said last week that his caucus needed to be “election ready.”