British Columbia's incoming premier says he will lead a government push to transform Vancouver's Downtown Eastside from a neighbourhood of desperation into one that's healthy and safe.
The NDP leadership hopeful who was ousted from her chance to compete for British Columbia's top political job says she's ready to take up an invitation to work with the man who will become the next premier.
Two narratives collided head-on late Wednesday night when the BC NDP disqualified Anjali Appadurai from the party’s leadership race. Arno Kopecky breaks down the aftermath of her ouster and what comes next.
David Eby became British Columbia's premier-in-waiting on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, when executives of the NDP disqualified his sole party leadership rival, Anjali Appadurai, on the strength of a report into her campaign by the party's chief electoral officer, Elizabeth Cull.
Anjali Appadurai says the BC NDP’s decision to disqualify her from its leadership race raises legitimate questions about the party’s democratic processes, while several federal NDP MPs think she should have been allowed to run.
A statement from the party's chief electoral officer, Elizabeth Cull, said that after the executive's decision Wednesday night to disqualify the only other candidate, Anjali Appadurai, she will declare Eby the new leader.
One of two candidates running for the British Columbia NDP leadership has been disqualified, clearing the way for former attorney general David Eby to become premier of the province.
Unlike the usual shenanigans in party leadership races, where membership rolls are sometimes padded with fake identities and nonexistent entities, the people who joined the NDP to vote for a climate justice champion are entirely real.
A statement from Appadurai says she is "disappointed but not surprised" by the finding that disqualification is the best response to alleged breaches of contest rules, such as an alliance with an environmental group or the wooing of former B.C. Green Party members.
Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership.