During a pre-election campaign stop at a Victoria record shop, NDP Leader David Eby faced questions about affordable housing from a local business owner whose rental complex is slated for demolition to make way for a new development. This encounter highlights the challenges B.C. faces in balancing the need for new affordable housing with preserving existing rentals.
NDP Leader David Eby ’s pre-election campaign stop in a Victoria record shop seemed like a novel way to showcase the former indie-rock front-man turned human rights lawyer turned B.C.’s 37th premier.
It’s the kind of tangible change Eby promised when he was sworn in as premier on Nov. 18, 2022 — replacing John Horgan, who stepped down for health reasons — with just under two years to go before the next scheduled election. With a reputation as a tireless worker, Eby said his life has been pared down to the “bare essentials” of running government, daily campaigning and family.
Eby was an athlete who worked at Sam The Record Man, studied piano, played guitar and became a vegetarian as a teen in part over his concern for the treatment of animals. In his final year at St. Mary’s High School, he was student council president. Eby abandoned the study of biology at Guelph University, graduated with a BA in English from the University of Waterloo instead. The idea of following in his father’s footsteps was “absolutely not something that was on my radar.”
Working around the clock for little pay, he burned out, got divorced and hit reset — starting a new chapter when he was elected as Vancouver-Point Grey MLA in 2013. On Thursday in Surrey, Eby announced the NDP’s full platform, promising everything from household grocery rebates to free transit for seniors in off-peak hours, and low-interest government loans to help ease more first-time buyers into the housing market
Prickly issues Eby has also had to tackle thorny issues like what to do about repeat offenders committing violent random street attacks. He said the province has worked with prosecutors, probation officers and police to reduce those incidents, which he says have dropped 75 per cent in Vancouver.
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