Land Act anxiety, lack of NDP MLAs in rural B.C. two issues re-elected premier promises to address
Premier David Eby Tuesday acknowledged the existence of an"urban-rural" divide in B.C. as he continued to reach out to rural B.C. during his first post-election press conference in the provincial legislature building.
The final vote count shows with B.C. NDP with 47 seats, enough for a bare majority. But the party won just three ridings east of Hope: Vernon-Lumby , Kootenay-Monashee and Kootenay-Central . The Conservative Party of B.C. under Leader John Rustad, himself from northern B.C., painted large swaths of the province blue in winning 44 seats.
These comments echoed Eby's earlier comments during a radio interview on CKNW Tuesday morning in which he blamed concerns about rural health care -- especially emergency rooms — for his party's poor performance in rural parts of B.C. in promising to make health care a top priority. Critics at the time had accused government of downplaying the consultation to avoid attention and was planning to give First Nations veto power over land decisions, something government as represented by Cullen denied.
He added that that next four years offer an opportunity to show that everybody benefits from agreements from with Indigenous communities. However, the Land Act changes were not connected to any specific agreement, Eby said. Eby also used his first meeting with the legislative press gallery to comment reflect on the political and personal lessons of the close election outcome.
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