Eby says new B.C. cabinet built around 'kitchen table' issues: affordability, homes
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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.
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.
Eby's New Democrats won a slim, one-seat majority in last month's election, taking 47 seats in B.C.'s 93-seat legislature.
John Rustad's upstart B.C. Conservatives emerged from winning no seats in the 2020 election to capturing 44 seats, while the Greens elected two members.
"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.
"They want us to be focused on the basics," he said. "They want us to be focused on the issues that they are thinking about around the kitchen table: affordability, the cost of daily life, whether or not they can find a place to afford. That our health-care system is strong and supporting them and that we are growing our economy."
Eby said the cabinet will be focused "on those issues and delivering for British Columbians on those priorities they have for us."
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.
