Choice of new forests minister will be of particular intrigue if NDP holds power
A political scientist warns against reading too much into the recent retirement announcements of three cabinet ministers who had helped to lead the B.C. NDP into government after years in the political wilderness.
"It's normal to have a turnover of MLAs and even in the cabinet, even when the prospects for the governing party are relatively good," Hamish Telford, who teaches political science at the University of Fraser Valley, said. "These three men were part of a team that brought the NDP back to government," Telford said."They spent a dozen years in opposition until they finally were able to bring the party back to a party of government and they are leaving a party which right now is looking like a party of government for the long-term...collectively, they have been a huge part of that story."
In fact, Telford sees the trio's departure as an opportunity for Premier David Eby to move some of his party's star candidates into junior cabinet positions, while moving some of the current junior cabinet members into more substantial posts.
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