Niki Sharma is B.C.\u0027s new attorney general, Katrine Conroy is finance minister and Ravi Kahlon is B.C.\u0027s first housing minister. Read more.
Eby’s cabinet picks prioritize housing and climate change with a new ministry for emergency management and climate readiness headed by rising star Bowinn Ma. The stand-alone ministry is a nod to the historic floods, fires and heat events that have plagued the province in the last two years.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
In picking Kahlon as housing minister, Eby rewarded a trusted ally with the task of boosting B.C.’s housing stock,. Eby created the new housing ministry, which was formerly lumped into the attorney general’s ministry, to signal that housing development is one of the top priorities for his government.
Several experienced ministers have kept their jobs, including Health Minister Adrian Dix, Labour Minister Harry Bains, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin, Transportation Minister Rob Fleming, Environment Minister George Heyman and Citizens’ Services Minister Lisa Beare.to cut individualized funding for children with autism that prompted criticism from parents who said Dean wasn’t taking their concerns seriously.
Anne Kang will be tasked with maintaining the province’s relationship with municipalities in her new role as municipal affairs minister, previously held by Nathan Cullen. This could be a difficult feat, as one of Eby’s first pieces of legislation was a bill that would allow the province to overrule local governments if they fail to meet housing targets.Article content
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