NDP's first consecutive-term premier led B.C. through some very 'tumultuous' periods
UBC political scientist Stewart Prest says Horgan's legacy must be judged by his impact on the province and the B.C. NDP.
As for Horgan's impact on the party, Prest pointed that Horgan was the first B.C. NDP premier to lead his party to back-to-back governments, first with the help of the B.C. Greens as a minority government that lasted from July 2017 to October 2020. He then converted that government into a majority, which he headed until November 2022, handing it over to current Premier David Eby, who preserved that majority, albeit by the narrowest of margins in the election.
This last item even found its way into this year's election campaign when Eby staged a pre-writ photo op with candidates in late August on the Port Mann Bridge inclusive a large billboard reminding voters of Horgan's decision. Notably, the event took place in the riding of Surrey-Guildford, which eventually gave Eby's party its bare majority.
The $789-million plan first announced in May 2022 instantly drew criticism for its price tag during a period of growing inflation and logistics — the museum would have closed for a decade — and Horgan eventually shouldered the blame. "It was a game-changer for hundreds of British Columbians," Meggs said."He never forgot the emotion that he saw and felt when he announced that initiative. It was that kind of ability of government to touch the lives of working people and lift them up that got him up in the morning and he never lost sight of those kinds of goals."
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