Eby tries to capitalize with snap election after BC Conservative caucus revolt

EDITORIAL: Has David Eby done a David Peterson?

By calling a snap election for Oct. 24, B.C. Premier David Eby is trying to recreate the success of Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Eby tries to capitalize with snap election after BC Conservative caucus revolt

Subhead:Premier David Eby called a snap election days after BC Conservative MLAs forced Kerry-Lynne Findlay to resign, a move Sheila Gunn Reid said undermined the democratic choice of their own party membership and handed the NDP a gift-wrapped opportunity.# YouTube-embed:K0qs5jwz-tM The BC Conservative Party is walking into a snap election without a leader. And Sheila Gunn Reid, on Wednesday's Buffalo Roundtable, wanted to make clear exactly wh…

What was B.C.’s David Eby thinking by calling the maddest Canadian election ever? Full Comment podcast

If you’ve got a majority government with two years left and an unpopular record to defend, calling a snap election might not seem like a great idea. But it did to B.C. Premier David Eby. Brian Lilley is joined by B.C. politics columnists Vaughn Palmer (Vancouver Sun) and Les Leyne (Victoria Times-Colonist) to try to […]

Eby gambles; Conservatives call his bluff

Premier David Eby should hire me as an advisor. He should hire me as an advisor because I can certainly give him better advice than he’s getting now. The decision to call snap election two years into the NDP’s mandate was ill-conceived, opportunistic, and crass … to say the least. I get it that, with […]