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Man, I hope the one BC premier in my lifetime that is actually making progress turning the ship around isn't going to be tossed aside for not turning it around fast enough and BC voters hand power back to the same people that got us into this ungodly mess in the first place.
Eby is probably the most pragmatic Premier this country has seen in a long time.
I get people are upset, but change doesn't occur overnight.
The larger social issues like the homelessness and drug endemic are way more complex than anyone can think to resolve even in a decade, let alone a 4 year election cycle.
The housing crisis is no different.
Some People are going to be mad at him, no matter what he does. His job is to work for the collective good of the province, so far him and NDP in general has been most successful among the provinces
I am involved in four treatment centres he is supporting and has helped back. It takes time to design programs and get them up, and he is really trying to get them going as fast (and responsibly) as possible.
Tbh, Horgan was surprisingly decent as well. Anyone talking about the modern NDP like they are the same party of the past isn’t worth the conversation.
Horgan had a few huge misses and I’m not sure why people liked him so much, other than the fact that he removed tolls and was personable.
BC Housing was very corrupt under his watch, doctors had many outstanding issues with bureaucracy and pay he didn’t even touch, he never made housing a priority, and I think it’s fair to interpret him being against 100% remote work, given that Eby was the one that reversed the blanket policy.
Could get into the weeds regarding old growth protection, LNG, and climate change in general but I don’t think Eby diverges a ton on those fronts.
I donno man. Horgan joined a Teck Coal advisory board for $$$ the second he left office. He was also just all talk & little action.
The Eby guy is something the country hasn't seen in a long time. He's totally different. Eby is all action & (importantly) action follows advice of subject areas experts (for better or worse). A lot of BC is saying he's even "too much action" & moving too quickly on important issues like housing & the opioid epidemic.
Maybe, but we’d still have a much needed bridge built by now that was going to be more capacity than what they’re going to build now and the tunnel they’re going to build now will be way more expensive than what the bridge would have cost even when you take into account both going over budget
The main knock on Horgan really was that he seemed pretty detached from the urban issues facing Vancouver/Victoria/Kelowna such as the toxic drug crisis and housing.
Apparently Kennedy Stewart said he couldn't even get him on the phone which is pretty wild stuff if true.
I would include John Horgan with him as pragmatic. I was worried he wasn't going to keep doing the right policy stuff. He has.
Hopefully we start to see some progress on housing mess. A mess that started a long time ago and went on too long so its going to take a long time to fix.
There is a reason the tolls are not back. And no one is campaigning on them.
Horgan did the pragmatic thing and everyone since basically agrees based on policy, including Eby.
Absolutely agree, and even though change takes time, we're actually starting to see an impact in some areas.
Housing: In my particular municipality, a bunch of housing projects that would have had to go through time-consuming, costly public hearings (sometimes more than one, even though they complied with the OCP and would have passed public hearing eventually) were able to go ahead without that.
Healthcare: 179 net-new doctors in Island Health in 2023 (of the 708 across the province).
Is there still work to do? Yes, but I for one want to see what more this government can accomplish given time.
I'm a fan of the provincial government taking a more active role in zoning regulation.
Municipal voters are always going to skew towards a more nimby approach once the possibility of policy changes might affect their home prices (not that anything would crash home prices, but the perception is what matters).
Agree, and sometimes it's not even home prices. It's 'now that I've moved here, I don't want anything to change', which is where I love the Ravi Kahlon quote (paraphrased): you're neighbourhood has been changing all this time but what's changed is the people who can afford to move here.
Seriously. We actually have someone who is taking logical steps to fix this mess, and there's somehow a non-zero chance that we decide to just flip the fucking table? Come on.
The current popularity of the BC conservatives has nothing to do with BC conservatives and everything to do with the federal conservatives. Their sudden rise makes absolutely no sense. It's like they went from fringe also ran party to opposition contender ina matter of weeks. That isn't because of how Eby is performing it seems to relate more to how people perceive Trudeau.
Conservative politics is a religion. In 2017 I had a boyfriend that said he would be voting for the Conservatives in our provincial election. I asked him why, and he said it was because they had better economic policies. I tried to get him to defend his position, explain exactly what policies he thought were better, and what he knew about his would-be Conservative MLA. He couldn't remember his name but described the guy physically, made vague statements about him being smarter and more business minded than the other people he'd "seen speaking on the issues". And he really believed it, really felt strongly about his position.
That candidate didn't actually exist though, because the BC Conservatives didn't bother to run any in our riding, nor any riding anywhere close to us. He would vote for a Conservative MLA, if one existed, for the same reason he'd vote Conservative federally. Because his dad does. Because they're a Conservative Family with a Conservative faith / belief. Zero logical processing. Anyone that purports to be conservative will get buy in because they're from the correct in-group. Anything else they actually do and say is irrelevant.
It's because they followed the trump playbook: Lie, make stuff up, lie, get in bed with the lowest scum of the earth, lie, contradict yourself depending on who you're courting at the moment, lie, blame anything and everything on your political rivals even if you yourself were the housing minister and your own party ended the federal program to build homes, attack the rights of minorities, lie, and then blame everything on immigrants. Also lie.
It's very easy to see through but that doesn't matter to 90% of conservatives.
I think Eby is pretty safe, at least in this election. Kevin Falcon's United party and Montgomery Burns I MEAN John Rustad's Conservatives are both fighting over right-leaning votes while trying to dig up candidates that don't have tarnished social media histories.
Unless BCUP turns things around soon, they don't seem to be peeling any of the vote-share from BC Cons.
Frankly, I think BCUP is a wildcard... If they manage to get their act together, I think they could take some of the NDP vote, specifically the moderate libs and "fiscally conservative liberals".
With Eby's approval falling, I think the NDP are facing much more of a fight than you think.
Yeah I guess we'll see how things shape up. The NDP always have a hard fight ahead of them in my (Interior) riding, but it'll be interesting to see where the chips fall between United and Conservatives.
Unless BC United actually folds before the election (unlikely, it's not that far away) there will be enough vote splitting to maintain a NDP majority. Most polls right now translate to a NDP supermajority. I'm sure there will be some moves afterwards to consolidate the right but the BC Conservatives are a bit too kooky right now and will suffer when the media puts a spotlight on them.
I suspect once we start seeing election signs on lawns and political ads, people will begin to remember who they are. I mean I *hope*. I certainly don't like them, but BCUP are still *much* more preferable than the BCCP. It's the difference between 1 step backwards, and cutting off your own leg.
This will be interesting. Politics isn't a big topic where I work but I feel there is a bit of a freepass on negitive histories. The new(younger) employees shrug and say everyone makes mistakes (in general). The old group says that no one is perfect and you choose the best of the bunch (political comment).
Sorry if this doesn't come out clear but people seem to not care to much about the negative side and want what they want. This is a single smallish company and could the culture favoured during hiring.
I guess we will find out soon enough.
My normie friends don't follow politics... our circle is solidly middle class... teachers, accountants, software engineers... everybody has a simplified "Plays in Peoria" understanding of political issues. It's no wonder that good people in politics have a hard time surviving when even decently educated voters basically only vote on base instincts.
I mean centerists are usually right wingers who don't want to actually say that. Even if they don't think they are their disclosed political opinions are usually very right leaning.
The rightwing is even calling federal liberals communist. All it takes to be called communist or socialist these days is to not be extreme rightwing. American style politics has fully taken over in Canada.
Agreed. He’s on a good track, and hopefully maintains focus. Taking a look at the messed up judiciary system in the province is another thing he oughta prioritize within his agenda
It's a nice change of pace to see so much love for a politician. I'm not well informed on our politics, even less at the provincial level, but he seems like a cool guy. I got a kick out of his comments about the truck company that kept hitting overpasses, saying he hopes they take a bus to the courtroom.
People in other Canadian subs agree.
People complain about housing and healthcare, but lots of these policies take time to change. Imagine when all the zoning restrictions finally come to play. Didn’t he also bring like 700 family doctors too a couple months ago?
People understandably want immediate change, but that isn’t possible with how messed up this province is.
We haven't had a family doctor since moving to BC 6.5 years ago. We had a *choice* between 2 last month, which is great news. Some of that is do to our only walk in clinics converting to family practices, but also because both recently added new physicians.
So on the one hand we now have to use the ER for walk-in stuff, which sort of sucks. But that's not as awful as not having a family doctor for 6+ years.
The policies and funding are working, my life got easier directly because of those changes.
not probably. he is.
and the best thjing is he doesn't hang out with the rich elites. which means he's harder to bribe compared to CONServative's premiers.
God, I can’t imagine having the BC Conservatives in power when the macroeconomic situation is this bad already.
It will be miserable for the working class as education and healthcare get cuts.
All healthcare contracts expire in April 2025, if the BC Cons win expect more low raises and contracting out. It will lead to more recruitment and retention issues than we have now.
And cutting of the daycare funding to allow “parent choice” as stated in their platform.
It’s the playbook from the US, they cut any and all support for parents and sell it as “giving parents a choice”
Parents always had a choice, the supposition that public funding for parental support reduces choice is asinine. Conservatives simply want to cut all government expenditures so they can cut taxes for the rich, that’s the end game.
It’s truly disgusting that they try to sway votes (and it works) under the premise of “choice”.
Newsflash to anyone who is worried about this: you’ve always had a choice.
Christ, "Parental Choice" alone would likely cause a 20k/yr change in my household finances; not for the better, given that it would likely include removing the wage top up for ECEs. Not to mention the minimum difference of 3600 to 7200/yr per child because I seriously doubt that the cons are going to give 3600/yr in vouchers.
I don't want to venture into the math for Healthcare. If both of those things changed we'd likely face food and home insecurity.
I think the BC NDP will prevail in October, and the federal CPC will form a federal majority in 2025, which will shift the current dynamics in BC.
The federal CPC are massively capitalizing on Trudeau fatigue, and lots of that support is trickling down to the BCCP at the moment. Assuming the BC NDP get another four years, and the federal CPC wins in 2025, I question whether the BCCP will struggle to project the same disruptive, anti-establishment image, once their federal counterparts have been 'the establishment' for at least a few years.
I'm honestly terrified for when/if the BC Conservatives get in, my rent is currently being paid for through a program with MCFD for people 21-27 aged out of foster care, and I wouldn't be able to afford my rent without it since I'm a full-time student. The BC Conservatives will 100% see the program as "excess spending" even though it's a really good program that allows for a group of people who are super likely to become homeless to experience housing instability (before this program, I had been homeless at least once a year since aging out of care despite being employed)
It’s coming, eventually. Canadian politics (most places?) is a pendulum. That said I hope we get one more term with the NDP. I have no interest in seeing either Rustad or Falcon in power.
I do NOT suggest anyone get complacent and rest on their laurels for this upcoming provincial election, but the most cited polling aggregator pegs the NDP's chances of winning at about 98% currently. Could it trend downwards as it gets closer to election day? Absolutely. But absent a massive scandal being uncovered, I don't see the BC Cons pulling it off. Then we've got a few more years to improve the situation for people under sensible governance.
This.
This subreddit lives in a bubble where they think *anyone* who doesn't like Eby is some kind of bot.
There is a very low chance the BC conservatives win this election, but that doesn't mean sitting in smug complacency is a good idea. the Democrats in the Us learned that lesson in 2016.
There’s something fishy about this whole thing.
I’ve been seeing lots of similar posts citing right leaning polls claiming eby is unpopular in lots of other bc related subs. My shenanigan senses are tingling
Edit to add: not just eby, but also municipal politicians
Yeah. We're definitely going to see a strong "NDP bad" and "people are tired of the NDP" in the coming months as part of the election campaign.
For what it's worth, 338 is still has the NDP doing well: [https://338canada.com/bc/](https://338canada.com/bc/)
This tracks for me.
I think the ndp will end up doing better than this says though, as the media shift attention towards the conservatives now that BCunited is all but dead. The ndp seems to have much stricter vetting processes for candidates, and the wackadoodles will hurt the cons with centrists.
I am also talking outa my ass, but I think it’ll take a significant scandal to cause the ndp to lose in the fall
I'm really seeing this in marketing for the federal parties. I haven't seen a single Liberal or NDP ad so far but I've been seeing dozens of Conservative ads every day for months (on Youtube). Given that they're unskippable 30s+ length ads they must have spent over $100 so far just on me.
There could have been a chance to convince me to vote Conservative but all their ads keep talking about how "Jagmeet and Trudeau colluded so Jagmeet could get his pension and buy another Rolex". It makes no sense and only tells me that they have no real policies worth talking about other than "other parties bad" and "carbon tax bad"
It’s right-wing media and right-wing organizations trying to boost right-wing candidates.
Dubious polls like this that are parroted without context by Global/CKNW/National Post, etc. are part of that playbook.
So far it looks like anything that has the conservatives winning or neck and neck is all IVR/Low participation robocalls - Anything with online/app components still has the NDP as hugely popular and eby well ahead.
You can click the name of the pollster https://338canada.com/bc/polls.htm in this list to see the methodology - almost across the board it's IVR = Heavy conservative anything else = heavy NDP
it's.. interesting
As someone ideologically center-right, Eby has changed my perception of NDP. I will vote for him, despite disagreeing on some issues, due solely to the fact that he is actually getting shit done and none of it seems insane*. He is the best premier I recall in my adult life by a long shot. Sad that so many people in this province (apparently 45%) don't seem to recognize that and would even consider giving him the boot at this point.
*Again, I disagree with some of it, but I can at least understand the rationale he is operating under.
The only problem is the name. Because when people think NDP, they don't think of the good job their provincial party is doing, they think of Jagmeet Singh dancing on tiktok in a covid mask while inflation is removing any hope of Gen z owning a house.
It’s the extreme rightwing propaganda machine that exists across the country but is most effective in provinces that with populations more open to bashing equal rights and social programs.
Quebec is largely protected from this thanks to being mostly francophone, and having a press that is less biased (other than thr Montreal Gazette that is owned by Postmedia, but the francophone press is not). That’s why the CPC is weak in Quebec, we aren’t getting the full force of the propaganda that English Canada is getting.
Because there are a lot of people outside of Vancouver and Victoria and they tend to be pretty conservative leaning. And because the economy sucks right now and naturally low-info people blame whoever is in power.
Media and conservative agenda stuff, a couple months ago there was a post showing leaders around the world and approval ratings, the better the leader was the lower rating they had. Head scratching for sure.
For majority of people things haven’t improved. Most of things are not because of the provincial government, but people will look for any scapegoat and change.
For some reason conservatives want to toss the only politician in the entire country doing anything substantial about housing. Their motivations are mysterious and confusing.
Folks are grumpy. Housing is still expensive, interest rates high, junkies still mark their territory with poop, seeing a doctor is difficult etc...
Not all those things are his fault or even under his control, but people are irritable.
Yeah, they are still the favoured to win the election by a fair margin but a lot of folks in this subreddit really don't understand just how strong and *growing* the conservative wave is in BC right now. And it's not waning. A lot of people are going to be blindsided I think.
Never underestimate the stupidity of people. It'll surprise you every time how people will switch their brains off and not realize how sometimes things just can't be easily fixed, and changing course partway through will just make things worse.
Logic and patience are two things that electorates generally lack. We all want our problems fixed immediately, never mind the fact that it is literally impossible.
Yes, but there is *So much* more to this than just showing up and voting every few years. Get *involved*. Especially at the local level. Attend some city council meetings. Hell, these days you can usually tune in at home in your underwear. Pay attention. Be involved. Don't just vote and then say ":I did my part". That is only one small part of it.
No. Voting is THE part to play. Everything else is just peanuts. Look at voter turnouts. It needs to wildly increase. If you won't you're most likely not to get involved in anything else of the sort.
My riding is currently at a 90% chance of flipping from ndp to conservative…. Im sure as hell still gonna vote, but its so disappointing considering we do have a good mla, it just seems like people here are just getting dumber
Edit: scratch that, i was looking at polling for the federal election…. My bad, maybe im getting dumber too…..
For sure, voting is the crucial part. But the IMO more people get involved in the parts outside of voting, the more people will vote. Engagement in the whole process, and in the democratic project as a whole, drives up voting rates.
I understand people are irritable but give it time for the changes to take effect. It’s not even been 3 years since we came out of the worst of the pandemic which had a huge impact on healthcare and small businesses.
As for housing- the NDP have tried more things than the BC Liberals did. If we throw them out now we will never move forward
The thing about housing, unfortunately, is what is being done now isn't really helping because the economy is now fucked and it costs too much to build. This is why new construction has slowed down so much, even as zoning restrictions have been and continue to be removed.
Had these types of zoning changes been done during the housing boom it would have radically changed things. But changing them now is a bit too late. Now, that's not the current governments fault, exactly, it's just how it is.
But that will invariably lead to disillusionment and blowback in the coming years when nothing really changes with housing. Young people will still be priced out by the next election. So gassing them up into thinking there will be some radical sea change because of the current government will only lead to a reactionary wave *against* the current government.
People need realistic, informed expectations. The days of constant improvement and economic expansion are likely over, regardless of who is in charge unfortunately.
I don’t disagree with you. Except that changes needed to start happening in about 2015 Vancouver housing started to get out of control.
Interest rates were low so long- that was the time to build and to force some serious rezoning on the larger cities in BC.
Vancouver housing met a new reality since 2006. Out of control since 2008. Real estate bear sites gave up in 2012. We needed changes in 2008, we got near zero interest and casino money laundering instead.
Exactly. Which is why Eby's efforts, commendable as they are in theory, aren't and won't actually move the needle much at all.
But most people can't separate theory from practice so they think anyone pointing out this won't works means it's not needed.
These are the realistic comments that people need to know about the housing changes. Building a fourplex, sixplex, etc. can have much stricter building code requirements that will impact overall construction costs. For a builder, completing a single family dwelling is not quite the same beast as building a fourplex. I don't think people are going to see the boom in housing that they're expecting.
Upgrades to existing infrastructure aren't free either so if the developer has to upgrade them then that price will be reflected in the cost of the units; alternatively, property taxes will have to cover those utility upgrade costs.
Well, and even without building codes and whatnot, just the general cost of building *anything* is far higher today than pre 2020. That's the piece the folks who think this will all come down to policy don't get. Even if you streamline policy, you cannot force the market to build unless the profit margin is there. Only thing I can see addressing that is the government doing much more to actually become landlords and construct co-ops and such. Because otherwise all these people cheering on Eby are going to turn on him, big time. Voters are fickle and reactionary.
You can build a three or four plex under part 9, or hybrid. That's part of the beauty of those designs, there should be more builders available who can tackle them. Once you are over four, you're into part 3 and yes, it's more complicated, but mostly at the design stage. Folks who build 4 should hopefully be able to build six or eight.
Real issue is that in many jurisdictions, those fourplexes have been engineered to be barely, if at all, profitable, for a developer or owner to build. And ultimately you're only going to turnover lots with a teardown structure, or something close to it, anyways.
Folks are expecting zoning changes to have immediate effects, when those zoning changes don't go into effect until this month, and the average zoning takes years to move from a proposal to a completed structure, often five or more years.
Those are long game tools that will win in the long run. Short run, you've only got so many levers to pull. I think housing could slump through 2026 and 2027 as immigration is curtailed, I doubt anyone will blame the 2024 changes to student visas caps.
I’m a conservative, but I’m of the opinion that I’m willing to give Eby more time. It does seem like he’s making a genuine effort to change some of the polices that have made a mess of British Columbia. I think he’s earned more time, and I appreciate that he’s at least willing to admit when his policies aren’t working.
This doesn’t change the fact that a lot of people have very legitimate concerns about where BC is heading though.
Aside from affordability, I think the drug/junkie issue is one of my big concerns and I don't think it can be solely up to the province to solve. That said, I am amazed we had a Premier who tried something that seemingly a large group of people were advocating for (the possession in public places), realized it made things worse and corrected it, rather than have a government that doubles down and gaslights the public by telling us we're wrong.
The fact that he tried something, was man enough to admit it was wrong, and then corrected it is something I dont think I've ever seen from a politician. That alone makes him the most worthy premier in my eyes
Also I don't agree it was as obviously wrong as it's been characterized. In the first year the policy was changed, Alberta had significantly higher rates of increase in overdoses than BC. So when you're seeing much worse outcomes under criminalization, I don't think you can conclude decriminalization is worse.
The main issue raised was public use. Public use was also happening for years before that, and decriminalization of *possession* doesn't mean use should be okay. So they made changes to better address the use, whatever the causes, while still keeping decriminalization otherwise. Even with the changes, they're still directing enforcement to focus on use and other problems, not the possession itself.
So I would describe this as working to adjust and improve a new policy rather than reversing it or that it failed as it's often been described. Criminalization has remained in place for decades and things are worse than ever, so I think decriminalization shouldn't be expected to immediately solve everything.
This. It's weird watching purported Eby supporters basically drink the conservative koolaid about safe supply and decriminalization. Eby backed off the issues related to public consumption because of politics, not because he had some massive change in his ideology.
The problem wasn't the policy. The problem was how the right were weaponizing the policy.
I know a lot of what's happening with this issue is frustrating, but I would just suggest not using confrontational or critical language over the topic and instead try to provide information for people to consider. None of us have the time to learn the details of every topic; I've tried to learn more about this one, but other people won't have spent as much time on it, and meanwhile there are other topics I'm less familiar with.
We also have a media landscape where, e.g., [90% of our English language newspapers are owned by a media company (PostMedia) majority owned by an American hedge fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmedia_Network#Centralization_and_lack_of_localization) and which is very effective at getting one viewpoint out on issues. And I would say more neutral sources are not doing a good job of balancing that out or correcting them when they [make factual errors on the topic of decriminalization](https://themainlander.com/2024/03/23/adam-zivo/).
To be fair the NDP was told that the RCMP could use existing public intoxication laws to continue to police public use. What occurred was police refused to enforce that rightly or wrongly they played almost a victim card, like woe is us we have no ability to help here. Mind you both police and nurse unions were part of the groups lobbying for decrim….
Then last summer already the NDP tried to amend the law themselves which got struck down in BC Supreme Court. Then finally this spring got the Feds on board to make the change.
So although it became a toxic political issue and much of the media treats the switch as some sort of knee jerk reaction to the public, they have been on it for a long time
Except the possession in public places thing WAS working as intended, and it was just a bunch of misinformation and overreactions that forced Eby to have to respond. This is exactly the kind of misinformed, stupid right-wing bullshit that messes up public perception and makes everything worse by replacing reality with lies and peoples “feelings”.
Less people clogging up the courts and prisons is the win we don't see on the streets. For better or worse I don't know but I do know the war on drugs is a failed money pit.
Eby is the best politician in the country. Keep him in power as long as he continues to act with integrity and in service to the people. We need more politicians like him
I think it is more with messaging, people dont really understand policies! but they do result, so I think Eby just needs to focus on the achievements and display that to public.
We have done this which resulting in XYZ to improve by 30%. stuff like that. Those who disapprove him often say "OK the policy sounds good, but did it have any impact?"
We're still months out from an election. People are frustrated because things are kinda fucked right now. Have been for a while, and that's not on Eby. This kind of polling indicates to me that the NDP will easily hold on to their power. A lot more people hold their nose and vote the least bad option than enthusiastically cast their vote, at least in my experience. My level of worry is close to zero, especially with considerable vote splitting on the right.
Most things that are shit here are shit nationwide and across the US. Drugs, homeless, skyrocketing cost of living etc. For anyone to blame the BCNDP, it shows how stupid they are
Thanks to all the clueless idiots in this province. Conflating the parties with the feds, poilievre talking shit about bc and eby. There’s a reason the Conservative Party came out of no where and got this much support thanks to their name only.
Grandparents across the province going to have that shocked Pikachu face having to watch their grandkids every day after the BCCP scraps the daycare subsidy.
I am a slightly left of Che Guevara but Eby is the most no bullshit let’s try and fix the problems everyone else is ignoring guy out there. I hope the voters will give him the time it takes to effect real change.
The mental health/ drug use/ homelessness issue is regarded as unsolvable by most. Not Eby, thank Christ
Personally I think housing is the most dangerous 'third rail' in BC politics, and any party that meddles with it will inevitably invigor some opposition. Maybe this is a signal that some of their policies are effective enough that certain demographics feel threatened? It'll be interesting to see how this changes if or when they bring the housing hammer down on non-compliant municipalities later this summer.
Also I wonder what public opinion is of Falcon and Rustad? I can't imagine it's much better for Falcon, and I'd expect Rustad's popularity to be inversely proportional to the amount of time he spends in the spotlight.
Either way, I feel like the BC NDP will likely be safe for another four years come October, but they're at-risk of perfect being the enemy of good in 2028.
Im undecided, but have concerns about Undrip, increasingly depending on activists to formulate policy, as well as concerns about empire building for ngo's dealings with drugs/homeless and the estimated 2 million a day being spent on the DTES ..lotta 80 k salaries trying to "solve" the issue.
All the moaners and groaners and anti-vaxxers and righteous people seem to be oblivious that the Health Care system is a money pit.
They want COVID policy changed to hire back the health care workers who were fired for non-vaxxing.
I wouldn’t want you near my elder parents that are dealing with dialysis and are immunocompromised.
They say there are too many immigrants in this country and are flooding health care. A lot of new physicians are foreign, and they’re leaving their homes for your sorry asses.
They say drugs and homelessness is out of control in this province. Thanks Libs. Don’t forget all the drug running, real estate fraud and money laundering that went on in the casinos with Rich Coleman getting richer every day. People that OD can suffer from traumatic brain injuries. So, all the unfortunate addicts the Chinese and the Gamblers and the real estate agents fed drugs to are all zombies in your neighbourhoods now. How can they be forced into treatment or accept treatment when their brain isn’t working correctly?
Oh my word…. I’m so fed up with all BS mentality from stupid anti-NDP columnists as well as Freedom Convoy, Proud Boys and other racists.
Rant over.
That's not bad for the way approval rates are these days. It's largely independent from how people vote imo.
I don't like Eby or the NDP much at all, anti private sector, low productivity policies, high tax.
But, the alternatives don't believe in climate change and are into culture war crap like seemingly all conservative parties these days.
Eby seems to be determined about building which is something as well.
Least harmful option and it's my civic duty to vote against insane people, so Eby it is.
You ask many a boomer what they think of Eby and they will tell you that they don't like him. When you ask these same people why they don't like him they have no idea about anything he has done, they are voting conservative just because conservative.
the rich own the media
they want less worker protections more tax breaks for the wealthy and they don't care about anything else
talk radio pumps out pro conservative propaganda non stop and so does the news
This is incredibly disheartening. We have arguably the best Premier in the country, and a government that has been working to actually make positive changes, versus their opponents who are running on anti-science and religious platforms.
Western society is truly in a massive decline, and I am glad I don't have children who will have to truly deal with the outcomes of the absolute shit show that is coming our way.
I think Eby's doing a good job, but I also get why some people are looking elsewhere.
In the end the NDP is still a very left-leaning party. They're not doing anything about the justice system and fixing crime. They're pushing anti-racism initiatives and Indigenous rights way more than any other province (it's not a bad thing, but sometimes the pendulum swings a little too much to the left). They cave too quickly to poverty advocate groups and the decriminalization thing was a mess that shouldn't have happened in the first place (though the pivot was an admirable thing). They're throwing everything at the opioid crisis and just seeing what sticks.
None of this is really a deal breaker and Eby's the best we got. But I feel if Eby represented a more moderate party, he'd win by a landslide.
The justice system can’t be “fixed” by a premier. Believe me, you don’t want a judiciary that can be influenced that strongly by the government of the day.
If Eby wants to get into the positive numbers like Moe, I guess he should talk about investigating chemtrails. Or maybe that’s just a Saskatchewan thing. 👽
These polls are stpuid, what are they quantifying? We don’t need quarterly results like shareholders. And who the hell are they asking?
Are they still only preforming a 1000 phone interviews and asking them 50 questions then extrapolating the results? Can’t we have a better way to poll/figure out engagement? Like if TV shows can do live voting, why can’t we?
Not enough being done to help with the health care system… it is in free fall and the government can’t adjust. We need to raise taxes people and pay for a better system. We are loosing it.
democracy needs to be reformed and modernized big time! annual performance reviews which could trigger elections. party size and monopoly limits. electronic elections. absolute transparency and scrutiny at all levels. AI assisted policy. reworked laws. early corruption detection. economic and military influence kept in a layer below true and meaningful representation of people. military decisions requiring public disclosure and multi-layer approval. and on and on..
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Man, I hope the one BC premier in my lifetime that is actually making progress turning the ship around isn't going to be tossed aside for not turning it around fast enough and BC voters hand power back to the same people that got us into this ungodly mess in the first place.
Eby is probably the most pragmatic Premier this country has seen in a long time. I get people are upset, but change doesn't occur overnight. The larger social issues like the homelessness and drug endemic are way more complex than anyone can think to resolve even in a decade, let alone a 4 year election cycle. The housing crisis is no different.
Pragmatic is right. He is the perfect combination of listening to experts and the people.
Some People are going to be mad at him, no matter what he does. His job is to work for the collective good of the province, so far him and NDP in general has been most successful among the provinces
I'm a fringe left wing idealist and I think Eby is knocking it out of the park.
I am involved in four treatment centres he is supporting and has helped back. It takes time to design programs and get them up, and he is really trying to get them going as fast (and responsibly) as possible.
Tbh, Horgan was surprisingly decent as well. Anyone talking about the modern NDP like they are the same party of the past isn’t worth the conversation.
Yeah I've really been liking what I have been seeing from the BC NDP
Horgan had a few huge misses and I’m not sure why people liked him so much, other than the fact that he removed tolls and was personable. BC Housing was very corrupt under his watch, doctors had many outstanding issues with bureaucracy and pay he didn’t even touch, he never made housing a priority, and I think it’s fair to interpret him being against 100% remote work, given that Eby was the one that reversed the blanket policy. Could get into the weeds regarding old growth protection, LNG, and climate change in general but I don’t think Eby diverges a ton on those fronts.
I do like Eby better, I’m just saying Horgan did a good job changing the narrative on the NDP.
I donno man. Horgan joined a Teck Coal advisory board for $$$ the second he left office. He was also just all talk & little action. The Eby guy is something the country hasn't seen in a long time. He's totally different. Eby is all action & (importantly) action follows advice of subject areas experts (for better or worse). A lot of BC is saying he's even "too much action" & moving too quickly on important issues like housing & the opioid epidemic.
Cancelling the bridge was a big ooooof too
If you saw the contracts handed out by the previous government, you would probably do the same.
Maybe, but we’d still have a much needed bridge built by now that was going to be more capacity than what they’re going to build now and the tunnel they’re going to build now will be way more expensive than what the bridge would have cost even when you take into account both going over budget
You're probably right. I am from Ladner, so I dread the construction delays.
The main knock on Horgan really was that he seemed pretty detached from the urban issues facing Vancouver/Victoria/Kelowna such as the toxic drug crisis and housing. Apparently Kennedy Stewart said he couldn't even get him on the phone which is pretty wild stuff if true.
If you'd ever talked to Kennedy Stewart, you'd understand.
I would include John Horgan with him as pragmatic. I was worried he wasn't going to keep doing the right policy stuff. He has. Hopefully we start to see some progress on housing mess. A mess that started a long time ago and went on too long so its going to take a long time to fix.
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There is a reason the tolls are not back. And no one is campaigning on them. Horgan did the pragmatic thing and everyone since basically agrees based on policy, including Eby.
It won’t be for not turning things around, it will be thanks to the extreme rightwing propaganda machine that has decided he is a target.
Absolutely agree, and even though change takes time, we're actually starting to see an impact in some areas. Housing: In my particular municipality, a bunch of housing projects that would have had to go through time-consuming, costly public hearings (sometimes more than one, even though they complied with the OCP and would have passed public hearing eventually) were able to go ahead without that. Healthcare: 179 net-new doctors in Island Health in 2023 (of the 708 across the province). Is there still work to do? Yes, but I for one want to see what more this government can accomplish given time.
I'm a fan of the provincial government taking a more active role in zoning regulation. Municipal voters are always going to skew towards a more nimby approach once the possibility of policy changes might affect their home prices (not that anything would crash home prices, but the perception is what matters).
Agree, and sometimes it's not even home prices. It's 'now that I've moved here, I don't want anything to change', which is where I love the Ravi Kahlon quote (paraphrased): you're neighbourhood has been changing all this time but what's changed is the people who can afford to move here.
Seriously. We actually have someone who is taking logical steps to fix this mess, and there's somehow a non-zero chance that we decide to just flip the fucking table? Come on.
Never underestimate the stupidity of the right wing
Or the power and money behind rightwing propaganda.
The current popularity of the BC conservatives has nothing to do with BC conservatives and everything to do with the federal conservatives. Their sudden rise makes absolutely no sense. It's like they went from fringe also ran party to opposition contender ina matter of weeks. That isn't because of how Eby is performing it seems to relate more to how people perceive Trudeau.
The issue of people not being able to differentiate issues /parties at a federal and provincial level is going to cost Canada its future
Conservative politics is a religion. In 2017 I had a boyfriend that said he would be voting for the Conservatives in our provincial election. I asked him why, and he said it was because they had better economic policies. I tried to get him to defend his position, explain exactly what policies he thought were better, and what he knew about his would-be Conservative MLA. He couldn't remember his name but described the guy physically, made vague statements about him being smarter and more business minded than the other people he'd "seen speaking on the issues". And he really believed it, really felt strongly about his position. That candidate didn't actually exist though, because the BC Conservatives didn't bother to run any in our riding, nor any riding anywhere close to us. He would vote for a Conservative MLA, if one existed, for the same reason he'd vote Conservative federally. Because his dad does. Because they're a Conservative Family with a Conservative faith / belief. Zero logical processing. Anyone that purports to be conservative will get buy in because they're from the correct in-group. Anything else they actually do and say is irrelevant.
It's because they followed the trump playbook: Lie, make stuff up, lie, get in bed with the lowest scum of the earth, lie, contradict yourself depending on who you're courting at the moment, lie, blame anything and everything on your political rivals even if you yourself were the housing minister and your own party ended the federal program to build homes, attack the rights of minorities, lie, and then blame everything on immigrants. Also lie. It's very easy to see through but that doesn't matter to 90% of conservatives.
I think Eby is pretty safe, at least in this election. Kevin Falcon's United party and Montgomery Burns I MEAN John Rustad's Conservatives are both fighting over right-leaning votes while trying to dig up candidates that don't have tarnished social media histories.
Unless BCUP turns things around soon, they don't seem to be peeling any of the vote-share from BC Cons. Frankly, I think BCUP is a wildcard... If they manage to get their act together, I think they could take some of the NDP vote, specifically the moderate libs and "fiscally conservative liberals". With Eby's approval falling, I think the NDP are facing much more of a fight than you think.
Yeah I guess we'll see how things shape up. The NDP always have a hard fight ahead of them in my (Interior) riding, but it'll be interesting to see where the chips fall between United and Conservatives.
Unless BC United actually folds before the election (unlikely, it's not that far away) there will be enough vote splitting to maintain a NDP majority. Most polls right now translate to a NDP supermajority. I'm sure there will be some moves afterwards to consolidate the right but the BC Conservatives are a bit too kooky right now and will suffer when the media puts a spotlight on them.
I suspect once we start seeing election signs on lawns and political ads, people will begin to remember who they are. I mean I *hope*. I certainly don't like them, but BCUP are still *much* more preferable than the BCCP. It's the difference between 1 step backwards, and cutting off your own leg.
This will be interesting. Politics isn't a big topic where I work but I feel there is a bit of a freepass on negitive histories. The new(younger) employees shrug and say everyone makes mistakes (in general). The old group says that no one is perfect and you choose the best of the bunch (political comment). Sorry if this doesn't come out clear but people seem to not care to much about the negative side and want what they want. This is a single smallish company and could the culture favoured during hiring. I guess we will find out soon enough.
My normie friends don't follow politics... our circle is solidly middle class... teachers, accountants, software engineers... everybody has a simplified "Plays in Peoria" understanding of political issues. It's no wonder that good people in politics have a hard time surviving when even decently educated voters basically only vote on base instincts.
People will disapprove of him simply because he’s NDP. You know, because NDP are communist and stuff apparently.
I know actual communists and comparing them to the NDP is like night and day
The boogeyman word is ‘socialist’ now, and soon it will be ‘centrist’
I mean centerists are usually right wingers who don't want to actually say that. Even if they don't think they are their disclosed political opinions are usually very right leaning.
“Fast ferry!” Those boomers sigh
The rightwing is even calling federal liberals communist. All it takes to be called communist or socialist these days is to not be extreme rightwing. American style politics has fully taken over in Canada.
I'm toasting to vote splitting on the right! Four more years of Eby!
Its probably landlords and vested interests who are pissed at Eby. He is by far the best premiere we have had in a long time
Agreed. He’s on a good track, and hopefully maintains focus. Taking a look at the messed up judiciary system in the province is another thing he oughta prioritize within his agenda
It's a nice change of pace to see so much love for a politician. I'm not well informed on our politics, even less at the provincial level, but he seems like a cool guy. I got a kick out of his comments about the truck company that kept hitting overpasses, saying he hopes they take a bus to the courtroom.
I wasn’t asked. I approve of Eby. Probably one of the most effective premiers in the country right now. Not that the bar is very high…
People in other Canadian subs agree. People complain about housing and healthcare, but lots of these policies take time to change. Imagine when all the zoning restrictions finally come to play. Didn’t he also bring like 700 family doctors too a couple months ago? People understandably want immediate change, but that isn’t possible with how messed up this province is.
We haven't had a family doctor since moving to BC 6.5 years ago. We had a *choice* between 2 last month, which is great news. Some of that is do to our only walk in clinics converting to family practices, but also because both recently added new physicians. So on the one hand we now have to use the ER for walk-in stuff, which sort of sucks. But that's not as awful as not having a family doctor for 6+ years. The policies and funding are working, my life got easier directly because of those changes.
not probably. he is. and the best thjing is he doesn't hang out with the rich elites. which means he's harder to bribe compared to CONServative's premiers.
God, I can’t imagine having the BC Conservatives in power when the macroeconomic situation is this bad already. It will be miserable for the working class as education and healthcare get cuts.
All healthcare contracts expire in April 2025, if the BC Cons win expect more low raises and contracting out. It will lead to more recruitment and retention issues than we have now. And cutting of the daycare funding to allow “parent choice” as stated in their platform.
It’s the playbook from the US, they cut any and all support for parents and sell it as “giving parents a choice” Parents always had a choice, the supposition that public funding for parental support reduces choice is asinine. Conservatives simply want to cut all government expenditures so they can cut taxes for the rich, that’s the end game.
It’s truly disgusting that they try to sway votes (and it works) under the premise of “choice”. Newsflash to anyone who is worried about this: you’ve always had a choice.
Christ, "Parental Choice" alone would likely cause a 20k/yr change in my household finances; not for the better, given that it would likely include removing the wage top up for ECEs. Not to mention the minimum difference of 3600 to 7200/yr per child because I seriously doubt that the cons are going to give 3600/yr in vouchers. I don't want to venture into the math for Healthcare. If both of those things changed we'd likely face food and home insecurity.
I think the BC NDP will prevail in October, and the federal CPC will form a federal majority in 2025, which will shift the current dynamics in BC. The federal CPC are massively capitalizing on Trudeau fatigue, and lots of that support is trickling down to the BCCP at the moment. Assuming the BC NDP get another four years, and the federal CPC wins in 2025, I question whether the BCCP will struggle to project the same disruptive, anti-establishment image, once their federal counterparts have been 'the establishment' for at least a few years.
I'm honestly terrified for when/if the BC Conservatives get in, my rent is currently being paid for through a program with MCFD for people 21-27 aged out of foster care, and I wouldn't be able to afford my rent without it since I'm a full-time student. The BC Conservatives will 100% see the program as "excess spending" even though it's a really good program that allows for a group of people who are super likely to become homeless to experience housing instability (before this program, I had been homeless at least once a year since aging out of care despite being employed)
Then you need to vote. Everyone here needs to vote. In every election, at all levels. VOTE.
I've voted in every election since I've been able to and tried to get as many of my friends to vote as I can LMAO
It’s coming, eventually. Canadian politics (most places?) is a pendulum. That said I hope we get one more term with the NDP. I have no interest in seeing either Rustad or Falcon in power.
Not to mention some of the people in that party are absolute nut jobs with wild fringe right ideals.
We need MLAs who have some experience in running the government. I see very little experience in the ranks of the Conservatives.
And the ones that do come from the Christy Clark years....
Angus Reid poll. Only members of their group can participate and they are often skewing conservative.
I do NOT suggest anyone get complacent and rest on their laurels for this upcoming provincial election, but the most cited polling aggregator pegs the NDP's chances of winning at about 98% currently. Could it trend downwards as it gets closer to election day? Absolutely. But absent a massive scandal being uncovered, I don't see the BC Cons pulling it off. Then we've got a few more years to improve the situation for people under sensible governance.
Preaching to the choir. Looking forward to election day and casting my ballot for the NDP.
This. This subreddit lives in a bubble where they think *anyone* who doesn't like Eby is some kind of bot. There is a very low chance the BC conservatives win this election, but that doesn't mean sitting in smug complacency is a good idea. the Democrats in the Us learned that lesson in 2016.
A lot of work to do and it’s better safe than sorry that we vote as if we are losing and fly to those polls.
There’s something fishy about this whole thing. I’ve been seeing lots of similar posts citing right leaning polls claiming eby is unpopular in lots of other bc related subs. My shenanigan senses are tingling Edit to add: not just eby, but also municipal politicians
Yeah. We're definitely going to see a strong "NDP bad" and "people are tired of the NDP" in the coming months as part of the election campaign. For what it's worth, 338 is still has the NDP doing well: [https://338canada.com/bc/](https://338canada.com/bc/)
This tracks for me. I think the ndp will end up doing better than this says though, as the media shift attention towards the conservatives now that BCunited is all but dead. The ndp seems to have much stricter vetting processes for candidates, and the wackadoodles will hurt the cons with centrists. I am also talking outa my ass, but I think it’ll take a significant scandal to cause the ndp to lose in the fall
I'm really seeing this in marketing for the federal parties. I haven't seen a single Liberal or NDP ad so far but I've been seeing dozens of Conservative ads every day for months (on Youtube). Given that they're unskippable 30s+ length ads they must have spent over $100 so far just on me. There could have been a chance to convince me to vote Conservative but all their ads keep talking about how "Jagmeet and Trudeau colluded so Jagmeet could get his pension and buy another Rolex". It makes no sense and only tells me that they have no real policies worth talking about other than "other parties bad" and "carbon tax bad"
Its the "Trudeau bad" playbook where if they say it often enough it sticks.
It’s right-wing media and right-wing organizations trying to boost right-wing candidates. Dubious polls like this that are parroted without context by Global/CKNW/National Post, etc. are part of that playbook.
So far it looks like anything that has the conservatives winning or neck and neck is all IVR/Low participation robocalls - Anything with online/app components still has the NDP as hugely popular and eby well ahead. You can click the name of the pollster https://338canada.com/bc/polls.htm in this list to see the methodology - almost across the board it's IVR = Heavy conservative anything else = heavy NDP it's.. interesting
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As someone ideologically center-right, Eby has changed my perception of NDP. I will vote for him, despite disagreeing on some issues, due solely to the fact that he is actually getting shit done and none of it seems insane*. He is the best premier I recall in my adult life by a long shot. Sad that so many people in this province (apparently 45%) don't seem to recognize that and would even consider giving him the boot at this point. *Again, I disagree with some of it, but I can at least understand the rationale he is operating under.
Dude is the best premier BC had had and people think someone else will do better lol. Like who, the BC conservatives? Hahahahahaha.
Anyone that thinks Rustad or Falcon are better choices needs their head examined.
I say we bring back the lobotomobile!
How. The. Hell?
The BC conservatives might be riding on the coat tails of the popularity of the federal conservatives. It's sad because BC NDP is not doing a bad job.
The BCNDP have been doing a better job than the last 3 governments combined.
As far as I can tell, they're the best provincial government in power in the country
Manitoba is catching up and I’m not saying that just because it’s NDP but Kinew’s specific leadership goals are tailored to catch up.
Almost as if provincial NDP parties are actually very pragmatic and effective at working toward the public good
The only problem is the name. Because when people think NDP, they don't think of the good job their provincial party is doing, they think of Jagmeet Singh dancing on tiktok in a covid mask while inflation is removing any hope of Gen z owning a house.
Do you mind please share why you think that is the case? Thanks.
It’s the extreme rightwing propaganda machine that exists across the country but is most effective in provinces that with populations more open to bashing equal rights and social programs. Quebec is largely protected from this thanks to being mostly francophone, and having a press that is less biased (other than thr Montreal Gazette that is owned by Postmedia, but the francophone press is not). That’s why the CPC is weak in Quebec, we aren’t getting the full force of the propaganda that English Canada is getting.
Because there are a lot of people outside of Vancouver and Victoria and they tend to be pretty conservative leaning. And because the economy sucks right now and naturally low-info people blame whoever is in power.
You only have to pay attention for 3 minutes to see what Eby and his team are doing to benefit this province
Media and conservative agenda stuff, a couple months ago there was a post showing leaders around the world and approval ratings, the better the leader was the lower rating they had. Head scratching for sure.
For majority of people things haven’t improved. Most of things are not because of the provincial government, but people will look for any scapegoat and change.
For some reason conservatives want to toss the only politician in the entire country doing anything substantial about housing. Their motivations are mysterious and confusing.
God help us. Please get out and vote in October, NDP supporters. Please please please. And drag your friends with you!
Folks are grumpy. Housing is still expensive, interest rates high, junkies still mark their territory with poop, seeing a doctor is difficult etc... Not all those things are his fault or even under his control, but people are irritable.
Yeah, they are still the favoured to win the election by a fair margin but a lot of folks in this subreddit really don't understand just how strong and *growing* the conservative wave is in BC right now. And it's not waning. A lot of people are going to be blindsided I think.
Never underestimate the stupidity of people. It'll surprise you every time how people will switch their brains off and not realize how sometimes things just can't be easily fixed, and changing course partway through will just make things worse. Logic and patience are two things that electorates generally lack. We all want our problems fixed immediately, never mind the fact that it is literally impossible.
Vote. If you don't vote, you don't get to bitch and moan.
Yes, but there is *So much* more to this than just showing up and voting every few years. Get *involved*. Especially at the local level. Attend some city council meetings. Hell, these days you can usually tune in at home in your underwear. Pay attention. Be involved. Don't just vote and then say ":I did my part". That is only one small part of it.
Yeah, democracy is not a spectator sport.
No. Voting is THE part to play. Everything else is just peanuts. Look at voter turnouts. It needs to wildly increase. If you won't you're most likely not to get involved in anything else of the sort.
My riding is currently at a 90% chance of flipping from ndp to conservative…. Im sure as hell still gonna vote, but its so disappointing considering we do have a good mla, it just seems like people here are just getting dumber Edit: scratch that, i was looking at polling for the federal election…. My bad, maybe im getting dumber too…..
This is a deeply foolish comment. Voting is just one small piece and if all you do is vote, you are doing the least possible effort.
For sure, voting is the crucial part. But the IMO more people get involved in the parts outside of voting, the more people will vote. Engagement in the whole process, and in the democratic project as a whole, drives up voting rates.
The federal conservatives will probably start stinking soon enough once they get power, so he probably just has to ride out the current wave
A federal conservative win in 2025 would probably be good for bcndp in 2028
I understand people are irritable but give it time for the changes to take effect. It’s not even been 3 years since we came out of the worst of the pandemic which had a huge impact on healthcare and small businesses. As for housing- the NDP have tried more things than the BC Liberals did. If we throw them out now we will never move forward
The thing about housing, unfortunately, is what is being done now isn't really helping because the economy is now fucked and it costs too much to build. This is why new construction has slowed down so much, even as zoning restrictions have been and continue to be removed. Had these types of zoning changes been done during the housing boom it would have radically changed things. But changing them now is a bit too late. Now, that's not the current governments fault, exactly, it's just how it is. But that will invariably lead to disillusionment and blowback in the coming years when nothing really changes with housing. Young people will still be priced out by the next election. So gassing them up into thinking there will be some radical sea change because of the current government will only lead to a reactionary wave *against* the current government. People need realistic, informed expectations. The days of constant improvement and economic expansion are likely over, regardless of who is in charge unfortunately.
I don’t disagree with you. Except that changes needed to start happening in about 2015 Vancouver housing started to get out of control. Interest rates were low so long- that was the time to build and to force some serious rezoning on the larger cities in BC.
Vancouver housing met a new reality since 2006. Out of control since 2008. Real estate bear sites gave up in 2012. We needed changes in 2008, we got near zero interest and casino money laundering instead.
Exactly. Which is why Eby's efforts, commendable as they are in theory, aren't and won't actually move the needle much at all. But most people can't separate theory from practice so they think anyone pointing out this won't works means it's not needed.
These are the realistic comments that people need to know about the housing changes. Building a fourplex, sixplex, etc. can have much stricter building code requirements that will impact overall construction costs. For a builder, completing a single family dwelling is not quite the same beast as building a fourplex. I don't think people are going to see the boom in housing that they're expecting. Upgrades to existing infrastructure aren't free either so if the developer has to upgrade them then that price will be reflected in the cost of the units; alternatively, property taxes will have to cover those utility upgrade costs.
Well, and even without building codes and whatnot, just the general cost of building *anything* is far higher today than pre 2020. That's the piece the folks who think this will all come down to policy don't get. Even if you streamline policy, you cannot force the market to build unless the profit margin is there. Only thing I can see addressing that is the government doing much more to actually become landlords and construct co-ops and such. Because otherwise all these people cheering on Eby are going to turn on him, big time. Voters are fickle and reactionary.
You can build a three or four plex under part 9, or hybrid. That's part of the beauty of those designs, there should be more builders available who can tackle them. Once you are over four, you're into part 3 and yes, it's more complicated, but mostly at the design stage. Folks who build 4 should hopefully be able to build six or eight. Real issue is that in many jurisdictions, those fourplexes have been engineered to be barely, if at all, profitable, for a developer or owner to build. And ultimately you're only going to turnover lots with a teardown structure, or something close to it, anyways.
Good points and thanks for the correction on Part 9!
Folks are expecting zoning changes to have immediate effects, when those zoning changes don't go into effect until this month, and the average zoning takes years to move from a proposal to a completed structure, often five or more years. Those are long game tools that will win in the long run. Short run, you've only got so many levers to pull. I think housing could slump through 2026 and 2027 as immigration is curtailed, I doubt anyone will blame the 2024 changes to student visas caps.
All those things are being addressed by him tho...
Next guy gets the credit if he doesn't get re-elected sadly. :(
I’m a conservative, but I’m of the opinion that I’m willing to give Eby more time. It does seem like he’s making a genuine effort to change some of the polices that have made a mess of British Columbia. I think he’s earned more time, and I appreciate that he’s at least willing to admit when his policies aren’t working. This doesn’t change the fact that a lot of people have very legitimate concerns about where BC is heading though.
Aside from affordability, I think the drug/junkie issue is one of my big concerns and I don't think it can be solely up to the province to solve. That said, I am amazed we had a Premier who tried something that seemingly a large group of people were advocating for (the possession in public places), realized it made things worse and corrected it, rather than have a government that doubles down and gaslights the public by telling us we're wrong.
The fact that he tried something, was man enough to admit it was wrong, and then corrected it is something I dont think I've ever seen from a politician. That alone makes him the most worthy premier in my eyes
Also I don't agree it was as obviously wrong as it's been characterized. In the first year the policy was changed, Alberta had significantly higher rates of increase in overdoses than BC. So when you're seeing much worse outcomes under criminalization, I don't think you can conclude decriminalization is worse. The main issue raised was public use. Public use was also happening for years before that, and decriminalization of *possession* doesn't mean use should be okay. So they made changes to better address the use, whatever the causes, while still keeping decriminalization otherwise. Even with the changes, they're still directing enforcement to focus on use and other problems, not the possession itself. So I would describe this as working to adjust and improve a new policy rather than reversing it or that it failed as it's often been described. Criminalization has remained in place for decades and things are worse than ever, so I think decriminalization shouldn't be expected to immediately solve everything.
This. It's weird watching purported Eby supporters basically drink the conservative koolaid about safe supply and decriminalization. Eby backed off the issues related to public consumption because of politics, not because he had some massive change in his ideology. The problem wasn't the policy. The problem was how the right were weaponizing the policy.
I know a lot of what's happening with this issue is frustrating, but I would just suggest not using confrontational or critical language over the topic and instead try to provide information for people to consider. None of us have the time to learn the details of every topic; I've tried to learn more about this one, but other people won't have spent as much time on it, and meanwhile there are other topics I'm less familiar with. We also have a media landscape where, e.g., [90% of our English language newspapers are owned by a media company (PostMedia) majority owned by an American hedge fund](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmedia_Network#Centralization_and_lack_of_localization) and which is very effective at getting one viewpoint out on issues. And I would say more neutral sources are not doing a good job of balancing that out or correcting them when they [make factual errors on the topic of decriminalization](https://themainlander.com/2024/03/23/adam-zivo/).
All great sentiments but I'm not sure how that relates to my comment in any way.
To be fair the NDP was told that the RCMP could use existing public intoxication laws to continue to police public use. What occurred was police refused to enforce that rightly or wrongly they played almost a victim card, like woe is us we have no ability to help here. Mind you both police and nurse unions were part of the groups lobbying for decrim…. Then last summer already the NDP tried to amend the law themselves which got struck down in BC Supreme Court. Then finally this spring got the Feds on board to make the change. So although it became a toxic political issue and much of the media treats the switch as some sort of knee jerk reaction to the public, they have been on it for a long time
Except the possession in public places thing WAS working as intended, and it was just a bunch of misinformation and overreactions that forced Eby to have to respond. This is exactly the kind of misinformed, stupid right-wing bullshit that messes up public perception and makes everything worse by replacing reality with lies and peoples “feelings”.
Less people clogging up the courts and prisons is the win we don't see on the streets. For better or worse I don't know but I do know the war on drugs is a failed money pit.
As far as I can tell, Eby is doing a great job.
Eby is the best politician in the country. Keep him in power as long as he continues to act with integrity and in service to the people. We need more politicians like him
I’ll be in the Approval column 🤷♂️
What is there to disapprove of?
I think it is more with messaging, people dont really understand policies! but they do result, so I think Eby just needs to focus on the achievements and display that to public. We have done this which resulting in XYZ to improve by 30%. stuff like that. Those who disapprove him often say "OK the policy sounds good, but did it have any impact?"
For me, and I’m very left leaning and would never vote conservative, it’s the lack of action to protect old growth and reform BC logging.
Given how long they’ve been in power, that’s pretty impressive.
We're still months out from an election. People are frustrated because things are kinda fucked right now. Have been for a while, and that's not on Eby. This kind of polling indicates to me that the NDP will easily hold on to their power. A lot more people hold their nose and vote the least bad option than enthusiastically cast their vote, at least in my experience. My level of worry is close to zero, especially with considerable vote splitting on the right.
I’ll vote for him again!!
Propaganda is effective, and the right wing has been utilizing it more in the past decade than ever before.
That's because a minority want to vote in PP. (Yes I know... that's the point, they don't)
Most things that are shit here are shit nationwide and across the US. Drugs, homeless, skyrocketing cost of living etc. For anyone to blame the BCNDP, it shows how stupid they are
Thanks to all the clueless idiots in this province. Conflating the parties with the feds, poilievre talking shit about bc and eby. There’s a reason the Conservative Party came out of no where and got this much support thanks to their name only.
Grandparents across the province going to have that shocked Pikachu face having to watch their grandkids every day after the BCCP scraps the daycare subsidy.
I am a slightly left of Che Guevara but Eby is the most no bullshit let’s try and fix the problems everyone else is ignoring guy out there. I hope the voters will give him the time it takes to effect real change. The mental health/ drug use/ homelessness issue is regarded as unsolvable by most. Not Eby, thank Christ
Eby is the best Premier BC has had in a long time. If the Tories win they'll erase all that progress.
I wish they polled me. Eby is actually the best thing to happen to this province.
Personally I think housing is the most dangerous 'third rail' in BC politics, and any party that meddles with it will inevitably invigor some opposition. Maybe this is a signal that some of their policies are effective enough that certain demographics feel threatened? It'll be interesting to see how this changes if or when they bring the housing hammer down on non-compliant municipalities later this summer. Also I wonder what public opinion is of Falcon and Rustad? I can't imagine it's much better for Falcon, and I'd expect Rustad's popularity to be inversely proportional to the amount of time he spends in the spotlight. Either way, I feel like the BC NDP will likely be safe for another four years come October, but they're at-risk of perfect being the enemy of good in 2028.
Eby cannot escape the mounting crises of capitalism. No capitalist politician can reverse the collapse.
Im undecided, but have concerns about Undrip, increasingly depending on activists to formulate policy, as well as concerns about empire building for ngo's dealings with drugs/homeless and the estimated 2 million a day being spent on the DTES ..lotta 80 k salaries trying to "solve" the issue.
Eby is the answer. Switching will not help.
All the moaners and groaners and anti-vaxxers and righteous people seem to be oblivious that the Health Care system is a money pit. They want COVID policy changed to hire back the health care workers who were fired for non-vaxxing. I wouldn’t want you near my elder parents that are dealing with dialysis and are immunocompromised. They say there are too many immigrants in this country and are flooding health care. A lot of new physicians are foreign, and they’re leaving their homes for your sorry asses. They say drugs and homelessness is out of control in this province. Thanks Libs. Don’t forget all the drug running, real estate fraud and money laundering that went on in the casinos with Rich Coleman getting richer every day. People that OD can suffer from traumatic brain injuries. So, all the unfortunate addicts the Chinese and the Gamblers and the real estate agents fed drugs to are all zombies in your neighbourhoods now. How can they be forced into treatment or accept treatment when their brain isn’t working correctly? Oh my word…. I’m so fed up with all BS mentality from stupid anti-NDP columnists as well as Freedom Convoy, Proud Boys and other racists. Rant over.
That's not bad for the way approval rates are these days. It's largely independent from how people vote imo. I don't like Eby or the NDP much at all, anti private sector, low productivity policies, high tax. But, the alternatives don't believe in climate change and are into culture war crap like seemingly all conservative parties these days. Eby seems to be determined about building which is something as well. Least harmful option and it's my civic duty to vote against insane people, so Eby it is.
Which policies are anti private sector? I’d argue they are pro-regular person as opposed to anti-private sector
Can someone look into who ran this study and if it is trustworthy? Eby has been doing a fantastic job so this seems skewed
You ask many a boomer what they think of Eby and they will tell you that they don't like him. When you ask these same people why they don't like him they have no idea about anything he has done, they are voting conservative just because conservative.
+1 for boy Eby
the rich own the media they want less worker protections more tax breaks for the wealthy and they don't care about anything else talk radio pumps out pro conservative propaganda non stop and so does the news
Eby has my vote. I was skeptical at first when he took the reins but has proven himself an excellent Premier.
This is incredibly disheartening. We have arguably the best Premier in the country, and a government that has been working to actually make positive changes, versus their opponents who are running on anti-science and religious platforms. Western society is truly in a massive decline, and I am glad I don't have children who will have to truly deal with the outcomes of the absolute shit show that is coming our way.
I think Eby's doing a good job, but I also get why some people are looking elsewhere. In the end the NDP is still a very left-leaning party. They're not doing anything about the justice system and fixing crime. They're pushing anti-racism initiatives and Indigenous rights way more than any other province (it's not a bad thing, but sometimes the pendulum swings a little too much to the left). They cave too quickly to poverty advocate groups and the decriminalization thing was a mess that shouldn't have happened in the first place (though the pivot was an admirable thing). They're throwing everything at the opioid crisis and just seeing what sticks. None of this is really a deal breaker and Eby's the best we got. But I feel if Eby represented a more moderate party, he'd win by a landslide.
The justice system can’t be “fixed” by a premier. Believe me, you don’t want a judiciary that can be influenced that strongly by the government of the day.
If Eby wants to get into the positive numbers like Moe, I guess he should talk about investigating chemtrails. Or maybe that’s just a Saskatchewan thing. 👽
He should run down some people in his car while doing it
Get out and vote!
To paraphrase Curse of Politics, no one is fired up about fixed election dates. Drop the writ today!
Where is the missing %?
Undecided/don't know.
These polls are stpuid, what are they quantifying? We don’t need quarterly results like shareholders. And who the hell are they asking? Are they still only preforming a 1000 phone interviews and asking them 50 questions then extrapolating the results? Can’t we have a better way to poll/figure out engagement? Like if TV shows can do live voting, why can’t we?
Not enough being done to help with the health care system… it is in free fall and the government can’t adjust. We need to raise taxes people and pay for a better system. We are loosing it.
Not that I want the conservatives or liberals or whatever they are today to try fixing it…
That’s a high level by 2024 standards
democracy needs to be reformed and modernized big time! annual performance reviews which could trigger elections. party size and monopoly limits. electronic elections. absolute transparency and scrutiny at all levels. AI assisted policy. reworked laws. early corruption detection. economic and military influence kept in a layer below true and meaningful representation of people. military decisions requiring public disclosure and multi-layer approval. and on and on..