Eby not ruling out possibility of Conservative Speaker of the House

The morning after his party was asked to form government, Premier David Eby said he was feeling well rested for the “first time in a long time.”

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But now, the premier says he and his party have their work cut out for them after a close election showed that British Columbians want more from the NDP.

“They’re asking us to do better, but they’re also giving us the opportunity to do better,” Eby said.
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But he said none of that can be accomplished without the support of Conservative and Green MLAs in the legislature.

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    19 days ago

    Given the amount of brain drain that has left BC, he could make life instantly easier for every single person universally by cutting taxes, cutting regulations, cutting government spending, shutdown a few government programs, and cut fees.

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      18 days ago

      Vague hand-waving is not a solution to problems, it is lazy.

      What spending should be cut? What regulations should be removed? What government programs should be shutdown?

      Without some specifics there is not even anything to discuss in your comment.

      • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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        18 days ago

        Yeah. I’m 100% open to cutting government services, regulations, and spending, but you gotta make a case for it. How would it be better? Could it be done better and more cheaply by private services? How would you avoid the downsides?

        Like, we never should have sold BC Tel. We’re paying more money for less service now, to out-of-province entities taking huge profit margins at the expense of BC citizens. I honestly think we should nationalize all the fibre, copper, and cell towers in the province and force Telus et al to be resellers for wholesale access to lines. That would minimize the monopoly rents and allow innovation and competition on the front end, where currently, they use their monopoly access to the networks to force us to accept shitty front end service.

        Anyone planning to sell a government service to the private sector needs to answer the question of how to prevent us from being fleeced by oligopolists and increasing our costs.

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          18 days ago

          Not to question the mod work being done, but if someone is trolling, isn’t it better to reprimand them than the users responding to the troll? Telling people not to engage with trolls is adressing the symptom, not the cause IMHO.

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      18 days ago

      Surely supply side economics will work this time. The million attempts before were just practice.

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        18 days ago

        The US has been engaged in that experiment for 50+yrs now. Still waiting for the trickling to start.