B.C. Premier David Eby took office with a 100-day plan. Here's how it's been going.
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Before he was sworn in as B.C.'s premier, David Eby laid out an ambitious 100-day plan focusing on healthcare, housing, inflation, climate change and public safety. Roughly 50 days into his tenure, it's clear measuring success will be complex.
Before he was sworn in as B.C.'s premier, David Eby laid out an ambitious 100-day plan focusing on healthcare, housing, inflation, climate change and public safety.
Roughly 50 days into his tenure, it's clear measuring success will be complex, and some pundits wonder if whether he accomplishes everything on the list even matters at all.
At a press conference related to encouraging more nurses to practice in British Columbia Monday, Eby touted what he saw as his successes. He noted the $100 BC Hydro credit for residential ratepayers, a two-year freeze on car insurance rates, and reductions in childcare fees.
It's probably no surprise he focused on tangible issues like putting money into people's pockets since progress on many of the other issues is more difficult to measure.
Hamish Telford, an associate professor of political science at the University of the Fraser Valley was asked by CTV News about the flurry of announcements Eby has made since taking office.
"This is sort of what some political scientists referred to in the past as governing by lightning bolt, right?" he said.
"It's whatever bolt of electricity hits the government on any particular day or a week that focuses their attention," he added.
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