British Columbia and the Fantasy of Leadership under Premier David Eby

Desperation and the Beginning of the End

In a recent National Post op-ed, Premier David Eby claimed that British Columbia is poised to become “Canada’s economic engine.” Yet the reality on the ground suggests a province weighed down by ideological drift, contradictory public policy, and the increasing centralization of power masquerading as progress.

Eby’s vision insists that B.C. can lead the country’s low-carbon future by fast-tracking minerals mining (which I agree with)—while simultaneously rejecting oil, gas, pipeline, and LNG developments under the guise of climate leadership (which I don’t agree with). How does one champion mining, a critical, valuable, and emissions-intensive industry, as green progress while vilifying LNG, a clean transitional fuel, as environmentally risky? It’s not an energy plan—it’s a rhetorical sleight of hand that reveals the cognitive dissonance of a provincial government echoing itself in a vacuum.

A Broken Civic Core

Vancouver’s descent into urban dysfunction exposes the moral rot at the center of this new “engine.” Reports of thousands of incidents of public defecation and related disease transmission paint a picture of a city abandoned by its leadership. Downtown Eastside business owners now operate alongside “poop fairies” deployed to clean human waste in two-hour shifts, while overdose deaths, hepatitis A outbreaks, and drug-fueled instability continue to define the streetscape. My heart breaks for Canadians living on the streets, and while some of my critics may label me as callous, perhaps inferred from my writing style, my own work and volunteer experience I hope shows a personal commitment to my unhoused, untreated, and unseen brethren and sisters surviving in Canada during the Lost Liberal-NDP Decade of the last 10 years. Change will come.

The “Safe Supply” and the Politics of Harm

Premier Eby's government now finds itself at the center of a troubling witch hunt. After Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko received a leaked Health Ministry document confirming safer supply drug diversion, the government launched an RCMP investigation to uncover her source—prompting bipartisan concerns about transparency and whistleblower protection. Even Eby later admitted it looked like an attempt to intimidate the Opposition. That’s not just bad optics—it’s a fundamental breach of the public trust, revealing a government more interested in silencing critics than correcting course.

The consequences of B.C.’s harm-reduction doctrine—enforced through safe supply mandates—are now spiraling beyond control. Multiple independent investigations suggest opioid diversion is not a theoretical concern but a real and possibly widespread consequence of Eby-era drug policies. Add to that the $150,000 sole-sourced, undisclosed contract awarded to Michael Bryant—tasked with consulting on the Downtown Eastside—and it’s clear this is a government short on transparency, results, or accountability. Political cronyism is flourishing while public harm escalates. Also, there’s a nasty pernicious treatment ideology on the clinical side of things that has yet to be unpacked…

First Nations Rejection and Legislative Overreach

Eby’s legislative efforts have triggered a unified backlash from First Nations leaders across the province. Bills 14 and 15—the Renewable Energy Projects Act and the Infrastructure Projects Act—claim to streamline development. In practice, they bypass Indigenous consultation and empower cabinet to selectively override regulations. Indigenous leaders have called the approach “deeply disappointing” and threatened legal action. Rather than meaningful engagement, the Premier is offering centralized control and executive overreach wrapped in activist rhetoric—tactically weak, and politically perilous.

Asia Trade Mission: A Detour, Not a Direction

As discontent grows at home, Eby is off to Asia on a trade mission—offering what, exactly? British Columbia with Eby is not a player on international trade, like Smith next door. With no credible resource development strategy, no cross-partisan economic framework, and no federal backing, this trip feels less like opportunity and more like evasion—leaving town as media scrutiny intensifies and pressure changes in Victoria initiate rapid cooling of the NDP brand in Canada. And you wait, MAT Curves indicate high-risk of brittle fracture ;)

A 30% business vacancy rate in key downtown zones in Vancouver. A civic collapse cloaked in moral platitudes and administrative neglect. "Premier, as a Motorhead and entrepreneur and policy analyst, I'm beyond curious to see this economic engine you're sportin'—got any dyno specs or 1/4 mile runtimes? No? So you're talking about your dream engine, not your real setup... oh, make believe... yeah, it's fun to dream sometimes," said Matthew, wearing a childlike disappointment while kicking rocks down the street.

Fantasy Leadership in Beautiful British Columbia

The David Eby and the BC NDP are plagued by incoherent economic plans, ideological rigidity, government-caused public health failures, and urban decay in the most beautifully supernatural region of the entire world. What’s being sold to voters is not leadership, but the illusion of it through storytelling, alone. And B.C. families, workers, and Indigenous communities are the ones paying the price for the illusion.

The NDP’s model is now clear: centralized power, selective consultation, and the managed decline of provincial ambition dressed in the language of progress. But you can’t legislate away economic gravity—or mask civic dysfunction with slogans.