BC Premier

• B.C. launches hiring drive for Crown prosecutors to help address repeat offending

  The BC Prosecution says it aims to hire up to 40 Crown counsel this year, some to fill vacancies created by the dedication of prosecutors to repeat violent offender response teams.

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  Jan 12
  
• The Royal museum, COVID and a Liberal name change: B.C.’s top political stories of 2022

  Politics in British Columbia in 2022 was defined by a change at the top, with Premier John Horgan stepping down and opening the door for David Eby to become premier.

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  Dec 24, 2022
  
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• B.C. families will save thousands per year in child-care fees, Trudeau and Eby announce

  A joint press conference will be held Friday morning to highlight the federal government's child-care affordability plan and its impact on B.C.

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  Dec 2, 2022
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• Unexplained wealth orders will make life harder for B.C. criminals: compliance expert

  Critics object to the unexplained wealth orders on the grounds they undermine presumption of innocence, placing an onus of proof on the target of the seizure order.

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  Nov 23, 2022
• BC NDP housing legislation advances toward third reading

  New Democrats and the two Green Party members voted in favour while Opposition Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon and the other 25 BC Liberal members opposed the bills.

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  Nov 23, 2022
• B.C. premier wins labour praise for poking Ontario, rejecting notwithstanding clause

  David Eby told the crowd he's been watching the situation in Ontario and he "will never" invoke the notwithstanding clause to end a labour dispute.

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  Nov 22, 2022
• New B.C. Premier David Eby announces new repeat offender response teams, public safety plan

  The announcement comes not long after the publication of a report he commissioned as attorney general on prolific offenders. 

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  Nov 20, 2022
• BC Hydro rebate and B.C. Affordability Credit coming as David Eby sworn in as premier

  The new B.C. premier announced on Friday morning families and small businesses in B.C. will get a one-time cost of living credit on their BC Hydro bill this fall.

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  Nov 18, 2022
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• New tents pop up in CRAB Park as incoming premier plans to address DTES encampments

  CRAB Park's population is growing just as B.C.'s incoming premier prepares to take over the approach to addressing challenges in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

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  Nov 14, 2022
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• David Eby declared B.C.’s NDP leader

  David Eby was declared the leader of British Columbia's governing New Democrats Friday amid controversy around a leadership race where his only rival was disqualified.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2022