BC Political Discussion: Election 2024 & 43rd Parliament

[whatnext]

I'm not sure where this fits best but thought some might find it interesting. I wonder how many of these people are destined for Metro Vancouver and what they'll think of housing costs?

B.C. reveals results of U.S. health-care worker recruitment so far
Hanna Hett
Mar 17 2026, 9:50 am

Over 400 U.S. health-care professionals have accepted job offers in B.C. in the past 10 months, as the province ramps up its efforts to recruit south of the border.

Between March 2025 and January 2026, the province successfully recruited 89 doctors, 260 nurses, 42 nurse practitioners, and 23 allied health professionals.

B.C. launched these recruitment efforts in March of last year and started the marketing campaign in June 2025, largely targeting Washington, Oregon, and select cities in California....

....B.C. received more than 2,750 job applications from U.S.-trained doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners and allied health professionals last year, and registered more than 1,300....

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-us-health-care-worker-recruitment-results

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by whatnext

I'm not sure where this fits best but thought some might find it interesting. I wonder how many of these people are destined for Metro Vancouver and what they'll think of housing costs?

This CBC article begins to answer one of your questions.

B.C. hires more than 400 U.S. health-care workers in 1-year recruitment blitz
Province says doctors and nurses are accepting jobs in urban and rural areas all over B.C.

...

"People are accepting job offers in all corners of British Columbia, in communities large and small," Osborne said.

"It’s certainly spread out with respect to size of community, and roughly matching the population distribution across B.C."

...

[djmk]

As i'm currently watching this monsoon, I wonder how many of these doctors came to BC in the spring and had a wonderful summer only to experience the onslaught of rain in the winter. I would imagine this would be quite the shock from someone coming from California or Texas.

[Lexus]

Originally Posted by djmk

As i'm currently watching this monsoon, I wonder how many of these doctors came to BC in the spring and had a wonderful summer only to experience the onslaught of rain in the winter. I would imagine this would be quite the shock from someone coming from California or Texas.

They might prefer to get wet rather than being shot at Walmart or a church.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by djmk

As i'm currently watching this monsoon, I wonder how many of these doctors came to BC in the spring and had a wonderful summer only to experience the onslaught of rain in the winter. I would imagine this would be quite the shock from someone coming from California or Texas.

Both California and Texas suffered from catastrophic flooding last year, claiming several lives in both states and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage.

[whatnext]

Not surprising. Reality bites.

Province rolls back ambitious zero-emission and combustion-engine vehicle targets
Amir Ali
Apr 1 2026, 3:00 pm

The Government of B.C. is dropping some very ambitious zero-emission vehicle targets, and also expanding the province’s charging network.

B.C. previously had a zero-emission vehicle sales target of 100 percent by 2035. It has now been reduced to 75 per cent.

According to a release from the B.C. Ministry of Transportation, the amendment is to support automakers “while continuing to boost consumer choice and affordability for people switching to zero-emission vehicles (ZEV).”...

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-zero-emission-combustion-engine-vehicle-targets-zev

[whatnext]

Looks like Eby also doesn’t have the guts to put the needs of all British Columbians ahead of special interest groups.

Two First Nations leadership sources say British Columbia Premier David Eby is backing down again on the suspension of key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, scrapping plans to table legislation on Monday.

One of the sources says the suspension bill — which was already delayed last week — won’t be tabled this legislative session, as a result of planned protests by First Nations.…

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/19/first-nations-say-eby-backs-down-again-indigenous-law/

[MIPS]

God damn, this is going to haunt us.....
Edited: yes I get this has some undertones but this is an inch given that they sure as hell won't lose that mile on and it's a bureaucratic disaster.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by MIPS

God damn, this is going to haunt us.....
Edited: yes I get this has some undertones but this is an inch given that they sure as hell won't lose that mile on and it's a bureaucratic disaster.

And worse is the waffling and lack of leadership: the heedless rush to approve UNDRIP then later the realization of what the negative effects will be and saying he’ll make some adjustments then cap it off by backing down when a small group applies pressure. Not a leader.

[MIPS]

Right, but now nobody can amend it. Even for minor corrections look how much pushback there has been, including a real threat to just topple the government and force an election.

[logicbomb]

This feels like the late 90's again. The Conservatives are 100% getting a majority the next election and the BC NDP are going to be rightfully banished to the sidelines for at least 20 years. Unforgiveable. The NDP had it right under Horgan but Eby and the rest of the clowns are losing the plot. This is why Canadians are getting FN fatigue. I recognize the ills of the past and realize we need to educate future generations of this but we cannot for the sake of the province allow them to dictate policy.

The left just cannot govern in this part of the world without getting needlessly sidetracked on matters that impact a tiny percentage of the population. It's getting tiresome and a major reason why right-wing governments have become overly dominant in North America.

It's a shame because the NDP floundering allows the BC Cons to run a potato whereas a strong NDP government would have forced the Cons to at least relook at their candidates and identify a better leader.

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by logicbomb

This feels like the late 90's again. The Conservatives are 100% getting a majority the next election and the BC NDP are going to be rightfully banished to the sidelines for at least 20 years. Unforgiveable. The NDP had it right under Horgan but Eby and the rest of the clowns are losing the plot. This is why Canadians are getting FN fatigue. I recognize the ills of the past and realize we need to educate future generations of this but we cannot for the sake of the province allow them to dictate policy.

The left just cannot govern in this part of the world without getting needlessly sidetracked on matters that impact a tiny percentage of the population. It's getting tiresome and a major reason why right-wing governments have become overly dominant in North America.

It's a shame because the NDP floundering allows the BC Cons to run a potato whereas a strong NDP government would have forced the Cons to at least relook at their candidates and identify a better leader.

Yeah I remember trying to convince my parents who lived through the 90s that the 2017 NDP was different this time. Horgan cared about jobs and the economy and wasn't a "tax and spend" NDPer. Then Eby came around and I now understand why the NDP lost power for 20 years and trust was so hard to rebuild.

I would love for a viable alternative to the Eby NDP to come around at some point because the BC Cons still seem so unviable. I hope next election I don't need to make any hard choices.

[whatnext]

Horgan is indeed sorely missed. One of the few premiers one wishes had had more time in the office, not less.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Bcasey25raptor

Oh i voted Carefully, I voted to keep the clowns out of office so I voted NDP

Going through the forum conversations back in October 2024, I had a good laugh at how gullible BC folks were, and still are.

[Migrant_Coconut]

One simply needs to look next door at what's going on in America and Alberta to realize that we dodged a bullet. Here's to ten more years of not having the Cons in charge.

[Chirpythecougar]

Originally Posted by logicbomb

The NDP had it right under Horgan but Eby and the rest of the clowns are losing the plot. This is why Canadians are getting FN fatigue. I recognize the ills of the past and realize we need to educate future generations of this but we cannot for the sake of the province allow them to dictate policy.

Let me get this straight - Horgan passed DRIPA which in its current version has significant issues as was exposed by the BC supreme court ruling, and you guys are upset at Eby for how he's handling the fallout and lamenting that Horgan isn't in charge anymore?

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Chirpythecougar

Let me get this straight - Horgan passed DRIPA which in its current version has significant issues as was exposed by the BC supreme court ruling, and you guys are upset at Eby for how he's handling the fallout and lamenting that Horgan isn't in charge anymore?

Horgan wouldn’t have waffled back and forth as Eby has.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Horgan wouldn’t have waffled back and forth as Eby has.

Except for when he was absolutely, positively going to cancel Site C no matter what happened... and then built it anyway?

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Horgan wouldn’t have waffled back and forth as Eby has.

You have no idea what Horgan would have done if a court had interpreted the legislation in a way that hadn't been anticipated when it was drafted. And particularly if Horgan had a single vote majority in the legislature, and no guarantee that his entire caucus would support the government in a vote on changing the legislation.

And Rustad voted for the legislation in 2019, when the vote was unanimous.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Changing City

You have no idea what Horgan would have done if a court had interpreted the legislation in a way that hadn't been anticipated when it was drafted. And particularly if Horgan had a single vote majority in the legislature, and no guarantee that his entire caucus would support the government in a vote on changing the legislation.

And Rustad voted for the legislation in 2019, when the vote was unanimous.

Horgan was 10x the Premier Eby is.

And many people are taking note of Eby's failing and flailing:

Rob Shaw: Eby 'in full panic mode' after latest DRIPA reversal
B.C. premier’s latest backpedalling over controversial legislation raises doubts about who's calling the shots
Rob Shaw
about 8 hours ago

Who exactly is running this government?

It was a question Premier David Eby faced repeatedly at the legislature on Monday, in the wake of his decision to back down on changes to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in the face of opposition from First Nations leaders.

“I want to know directly from the premier: at what point in this process, in the chaos that he caused, did he decide that it was OK to abdicate the responsibility of the province and start in co-governance?” Opposition leader Trevor Halford asked in question period.

Abdication. Paralysis. An “absolute embarrassment.” Those were just some of the descriptors Conservatives used in flaying Eby for backpedalling from what he’d been saying for months were urgent changes to DRIPA needed to give the province certainty in the wake of a recent landmark court decision...

https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/rob-...ode-after-latest-dripa-reversal-12171419


Premiers’ Performance: Eby falls to a new low in B.C., while Kinew continues his comfort atop the list
Ontario’s Doug Ford drops back close to record low, with just 31 per cent approving of him
March 18, 2026 – As B.C. abandons the biannual tradition of changing clocks, Premier David Eby is falling back as some others spring ahead.

New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Eby’s approval rating has declined 16-points year-over-year. In March 2025, when most premiers enjoyed a bump in popularity as nationalism surged in the face of tariffs and threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, Eby was approved by a record-high of 53 per cent of British Columbians. Now, just 37 per cent say the same....

https://angusreid.org/premiers-performance-march-2026/