Opinion: We’ve seen the skills that have made Eby an effective cabinet minister and a one\u002Dman Opposition wrecking crew.
Housing affordability. ICBC. Money laundering. The legal battle against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Banning big money financing of elections. Proportional representation. Election boundaries. Lobbyist registration.He tackled all of them during five years at Premier John Horgan’s cabinet table.
As Opposition leader, Horgan appointed Eby to a half dozen critic roles: TransLink, tourism, housing, liquor regulation, gambling, and, by extension, money laundering.He managed his own communications strategy, media releases and leaks. As attorney general, Eby had responsibility for seven of the 15 bills in the NDP’s first legislative session.
He spent almost two years assembling the reports to bolster the case for a public inquiry into money laundering.So far, he’s been praising those municipalities that approve needed housing and singling out the ones that are stalling.Article content One also recalls his merciless baiting of Todd Stone, the cabinet minister in charge of ICBC under the Liberals.Advertisement 7“One is that essentially he was wearing those glasses with eyes painted on them to look like he was awake during meetings, and he literally had no idea what was happening in the corporation. … The alternative is that he knew exactly what was happening he’s being totally disingenuous about his involvement in it.
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