Bone Palmer: B.C. NDP rivals may need to form a band with anyone other than Eby

Victoria — Estimated front runner on the first day of the 2022 NDP Leadership Race David Evie did not control himself as a candidate inside or outside.

"I'm obviously going to discuss with family, friends, colleagues, parties and British Columbia people how we can move forward together," Eby Cabinet said. The minister said. Now that Prime Minister John Horgan has resigned, when asked about his plans.

"But today I'm very focused on doing the job," added Ebby, who wears two hats at Hogan's cabinet table as Attorney General and Minister of Housing. ..

Wednesday was Eby's working day with another success on his activist agenda. Ebby called a press conference to announce his progress in British Columbia. A government-led effort to recover medical costs from manufacturers of opioid-based analgesics. Opioid maker Purdue Pharma Canada has agreed to pay a total of $ 150 million to all 13 Canadian states and territories. This is "the largest settlement in Canada's history," according to Eby.

"B.C.'s efforts to negotiate this unique settlement are in ongoing proceedings against other manufacturers and distributors of opioid products in collaboration with other Canadian governments. It paves the way for additional reconciliation, "he said.

"We know that there is no money to recover a dead person, but we blame companies and others for the misconduct committed in the manufacture and distribution of opioid products. I promise to bear it. "

This announcement was added to Eby's record as one of the most prominent members of the Hogan government.

It was Eby that B.C. exposed the trash can. Liberals were left behind by the ICBC.

It was Eby again that the NDP government in the 1990s tried and failed to recreate public car insurance with a lighter variation of the non-disability model.

And third, the ICBC's financial position, which allowed formerly troubled royal companies to pay large refunds to their customers, began to rush to improve. Was Eby.

Money laundering.

Eby was unable to confirm the former B.C. Liberal Government's surge in illegal cash flowing into British Columbia. casino.

He had another devastating blow to the Liberal Party when he led the passage of a bill to expel huge amounts of money from British Columbia's party funding. Liberal finances have not yet recovered from the end of a simple cash flow from high-value individual and corporate donors.

However, not everything went according to Eby's plan.

A public investigation into money laundering failed to provide the expected findings of corruption on the part of the Liberal Party, despite a budget of $ 18 million. Disappointment meant that Ebby put most of his focus on the findings of a money laundering investigation into the failure of the federal government and its institutions.

Recently, Eby has put a lot of energy into housing files, and the Prime Minister has appointed him minister after the 2020 elections. Ebby's emphasis on housing files represents a significant deviation from that of Serena Robinson, the first-term Minister of Housing of the Hogan government. She puts the most emphasis on demand-side measures (taxes, regulatory changes), lessor protection, and social housing development. On the supply side, Robinson, a former member of the Coquitlam City Council, has promised to promote development primarily in collaboration with local governments.

Eby states that the biggest challenge to affordable housing is the lack of supply of the right type of housing. Not a veteran of local politics, he takes a more aggressive approach to dealing with local governments than Robinson has ever done. The Minister of Housing praised the mayor and council to create his own version of the good cop / bad cop's actions and promote approval, stalling others.

He threatens to come to Congress's fall session and introduce a law that may revoke local government authority over the development of housing needed by the government. Withheld. Recently, when a local government leader asked if Evie was serious about the override law, I suggested that he might want to submit that question to a lawyer. They thought that Eby's motivation could be discouraged to implement negligent car insurance. So far, they haven't been able to do that.

Recently, the housing minister has speculated to limit rent increases below inflation. Don't worry about inflation hurt the landlord of a small fry that is as realistic as any other tenant. Don't worry that it discourages your long-awaited investment in rental housing.

Consider that Eby may be thinking of bidding for leadership. It recognizes that appealing to lessees can mobilize more than a few votes among NDP members.

But he has good reason to hesitate. He has a young family. Also, he doesn't have an easy way with the general public in Hogan.

B.C.'s Road to the Next Prime Minister We are faced with challenges such as inflation, the medical crisis, public sector negotiations, climate change, local finances, and the resurgence of competitive politics.

And if Eby or anyone else doubts the exact toll of the office, Langford will soon be the former Prime Minister and can provide the details.

If Eby is run, it will be difficult for other candidates to claim the many achievements calculated to appeal to NDP voters.

He is certainly controversial. But his rival candidate may have to unite in the move of someone other than Eby to stop him.

vpalmer@postmedia.com

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