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Premier David Eby says NDP will need Opposition MLAs' support to improve quality of life in B.C. (www.cbc.ca)

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Eby not ruling out possibility of Conservative Speaker of the House

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

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

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

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

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