Longtime health minister Adrian Dix has been replaced by Josie Osborne, a former mayor of Tofino
was sworn in Monday, a day shy of a month since the election barely returned the NDP to government. To reflect his election priorities of health care, housing, affordability and public safety, he tapped a combination of relatively new faces and tested veterans.of changes in the government’s housing policy introduced after Mr. Eby took over the leadership of the NDP when former premier John Horgan resigned. He will remain as Housing Minister in the new government.
Garry Begg, a backbencher whose 21-seat victory in Surrey-Guildford was critical to securing the NDP’s majority, was elevated to Minister of Public Safety. He was introduced by the Premier as “Landslide Garry.” Mr. Begg was a longtime RCMP officer and backbencher who was first elected in 2017. The rebate calls for $500 payouts for individuals or $1,000 for households. All but 10 per cent of British Columbians – individuals earning more than $125,000 – will receive a cheque, and the benefit will morph into a tax cut in subsequent years.But given the tight seat count in the legislature and the fact that a Speaker has yet to be appointed, Mr. Eby has elected to avoid a sitting this fall.
The rebate cost will be added to this year’s record-breaking deficit budget, which has prompted a credit downgrade from one bond-rating agency, and a warning from another. A third agency has sounded the alarm about the costly promises set out in the recent election campaign.
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