YOUR PERSPECTIVE: New Year, new NDP?
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The start of a new year brings with it a vast array of emotions. For some, welcoming 2024 comes with hope and anticipation, for others maybe some dread or anxiety. Whatever your feelings on the new year, or your opinions on the cliché of New Year’s resolutions, I do think the idea of looking forward, of evaluating where you are and where you want to be, is worthwhile.
As an elected official, I have my own goals for 2024, and things I want to accomplish on behalf of my constituents. However, this year, I hope the NDP government has a long list of resolutions and goals for themselves, and more than anything, I hope they do a much better job of accomplishing them this year than last.
Premier David Eby and his NDP government have proven they have no problems setting goals. They have no difficulty making announcements and promises to British Columbians about everything they hope to achieve — the problem is they have demonstrated they are incapable of delivering on them.
Over and over again we have seen this NDP government make big promises and then break them. In the 2017 election, they ran on a commitment to “make life more affordable.” Seven years later we can all see how that worked out. The NDP promised $10-a-day childcare for everyone who needs it, to improve housing affordability, eliminate school portables, and address the toxic drug crisis that is taking a record number of lives.
