Western Standard - September 28, 2026


David Eby may regret calling this election

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David Eby
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347

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20

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00:00:00.000 I mean, this was clearly an opportunistic election call.
00:00:02.540 I mean, this was for the sake of, because of disarray on the opposition side,
00:00:06.660 he thought, well, let's just snap this open two years early and get it done while we can.
00:00:11.580 But how do you think that that might not turn out as well as he hopes?
00:00:13.920 Well, it's so transparently cynical that even low-information voters
00:00:18.420 are likely to see through that one without needing to have it explained to them.
00:00:22.800 Here's where I think they may run into problems that they have not imagined.
00:00:27.800 A lot of people are very concerned about the court decision last year involving big areas of Richmond, which were claimed by an indigenous band.
00:00:39.420 The court agreed with them, and so now you have this aboriginal title as an overlay to your fee-simple property ownership.
00:00:48.600 In the particular affected area, as of last week, there hadn't been a house sold in that area.
00:00:55.040 people were too scared to buy them.
00:00:59.700 And the thought is that if they can do it in Richmond,
00:01:03.080 they can do it anywhere in the unceded part of British Columbia.
00:01:07.120 You know, your home is not necessarily your castle.
00:01:11.180 You could find that you have an aboriginal title slid in over the top, 1.00
00:01:16.100 and your property values go to hell, 0.91
00:01:18.680 and your liquidity, the ability to borrow against your house,
00:01:23.480 all kinds of things could go wrong.
00:01:25.040 And I suspect that that issue will come back to bite Mr. Eby because he has actually been quietly supportive of what the court has been doing.
00:01:36.040 I think David Eby will rue the day that he called the election.
00:01:39.440 Yep.
00:01:39.720 I think the people of British Columbia, he somehow is okay doing in the polls despite the horrific work of his government.
00:01:50.120 But I think that's going to be enough.
00:01:51.680 Enough is enough, voters are going to say.
00:01:53.820 and I don't see him getting another majority.
00:01:57.840 I mean, I sit to be corrected,
00:01:59.380 but it is one of the most callous things I've ever seen in politics.