Premier David Eby is hoping the third time’s the charm as he refocuses his new cabinet in his barely re-elected government onto what he calls “the basics.”
“Our focus in government will be very consistent with the message that British Columbians sent us back to the legislature with: They want us to be focused on the basics,” said Eby.
“They want us to be focused on the issues that they're thinking about around the kitchen table.”
The basics, according to Eby, are: “Affordability, their cost of daily life, whether or not they can find a place that they can afford, whether a student or young person looking for the first place, or a senior looking for a safe place to live, their health-care system is strong and supporting them, and that we're growing our economy and building strong communities.”
So: Affordability, housing, health care and the economy.
“You'll see a cabinet that is very focused on those issues and delivering for British Columbians on those priorities that they have for us,” Eby said last week.
It sounds like a government that has........