'Our focus in government will be very consistent with the message British Columbians sent us back to the legislature with,' says Premier David Eby. 'They want us to be focused on the basics,'
Premier David Eby says the British Columbia cabinet he introduces Monday will be tasked with focusing on issues voters strongly told the government they are most concerned about: affordability, health care, community safety, housing and the economy.
"Our focus in government will be very consistent with the message British Columbians sent us back to the legislature with," Eby said at a news conference following a ceremony to swear in his New Democrat colleagues. The premier could be looking to fill up to a dozen new positions, depending on the size of his new cabinet, including for ministers in finance, transportation, labour, Indigenous relations, education, environment and agriculture.
"This is going to be an interesting scenario for Premier Eby on Monday putting a cabinet together, because it's just not with the new people but it's also the lack of diversity from around the province with the outcome of the election," said Bernier, who was defeated by the B.C. Conservative candidate after representing his Peace River-South riding for three terms.
Eby said he has heard the message from voters that the NDP must strive to be a government that represents the entire province. "Premier Eby is a smart guy and I think he recognized some of the criticism he was getting of being a bit of a top-down or centralized kind of approach that he had in the later part of his first term," Bernier said.
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