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Vaughn Palmer: David Eby's unnecessary use of 'confidence' votes finally backfires
Opinion: Premier backpedals again on changing DRIPA after NDP MLA decides to vote no. Now what?
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VICTORIA — Since narrowly winning the 2024 election, Premier David Eby has made unprecedented use of confidence votes to corral NDP MLAs into supporting his legislative agenda.
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With previous governments, confidence votes were confined to the budget and throne speech, matters on which it was widely understood that the government would and should stand or fall.
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Eby has expanded the practice to include legislation in support........