SOUND OFF: B.C.’s new premier off to a contentious start
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THE FIRST TWO WEEKS of David Eby’s premiership should tell you all you need to know about his leadership style. His actions have shown that he is clearly willing to let British Columbians — and democracy — suffer if it suits his needs and personally benefits him.
Take, for example, the significant public safety concerns that the official opposition and many community groups have been raising, as repeat offenders terrorize individuals and communities. Together, we have been calling for specific actions for the better part of a year, only to have Eby — who was serving as attorney general — first deny there was even a problem and then spend months ignoring those calls for action.
When Eby resigned the post to run his tainted NDP leadership campaign, Murray Rankin replaced him as attorney general and in similar fashion, did nothing of substance. During that year, while the two of them dithered and delayed, more than 900 British Columbians became victims of violent random attacks in Vancouver alone.
Now that he’s premier, suddenly Eby has had a change of heart and has said he will take some of the very actions that our caucus and community advocates have been calling for all year. So, in essence, he made a calculated political move to delay action for many months so he could be credited with ‘taking action’ in his first few days as premier. The safety of British Columbians was of little importance to him in the process.
