BC is broke af, the DRIPA issue is a court case with different Indigenous nations on opposing sides and Eby definitely played his hand totally wrong. The housing announcement was well intentioned but accompanied with so few concrete details the speculation rivals the housing bubble itself. BCNDP members support the striking nurses but negotiations aren’t easy as evidenced by the months long BCGEU struggle. Those budget pressures mean the province needs some federal help to get large capital projects underway and money in provincial coffers, but then the resource development drives former supporters to Lowan’s camp. The floor-crossing MLA undercuts assertions that the centrist voter Eby is catering towards don’t exist.

There are many tough issues that Eby is going through, he’s a lawyer and a former activist, and while I would like to see more of his activist side again, he doesn’t have the charisma of Kinew so in my opinion he’s doing a decent job given the challenges. We need the party to get on with some of its campaign promises, very soon.