Liberals were sworn in today

While UNBC Political Scientist Jason Morris says that representation is largely a factor of the election, saying “a Premier must select where members were elected from and didn’t have as much flexibility there.”

However, what caught his attention was the size of the Cabinet, which 24 Ministers and 13 Parliamentary Secretaries. That’s an additional seven positions.

“I think in these pandemic times, it would have been judicious to have a smaller, leaner Cabinet since British Columbians themselves are having to tighten their belts,” says Morris. “We got, along with the Parliamentary Secretaries, a Cabinet that’s two-thirds the size of the NDP Caucus.”

Now that the BC Liberal MLA’s have been sworn in, Bond has some work ahead.

“We’re going to be finalizing the Critic portfolios and finalizing the leadership team that will take us into the Legislature. The discussion then becomes ‘What does the session look like?’ If there is one. What will the issues be that the government intends to bring to the House and then preparing our critics so they can do the jobs that we expect of them as Opposition critics.”

Premier John Horgan has already said there will be a Throne Speech and a very brief sitting of the Legislature on December 7th.

by Cheryl Jahn

Liberals were sworn in today

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