Stone says it’s up to the NDP government to turn ICBC around
KAMLOOPS — After his Liberal leadership rally on Thursday, Todd Stone addressed the potential of ICBC losing up to $1.3 billion this fiscal year, saying it’s on the new government to take action on previous recommendations.
Stone, the former minister responsible for ICBC, says his successor David Eby, who referred to ICBC this week as a “financial dumpster fire,” has ignored some of the recommendations put on his desk by the Liberals.
“They need to get on with action. It’s their job to come forward with some tangible solutions to address the financial challenges facing ICBC,” said Stone. “We threw all kinds of initiatives at the challenge of financial headwinds, actually $3 billion of savings or new revenues as a result of the actions we took in the last five years alone.”