The tree at the B.C. legislature is already up and decorated, but you would be hard pressed to spot an MLA in the hallways, and they won’t gather in the chamber for more than two months, until February’s Throne Speech.Hamish Telford, a political scientist at the University of the Fraser Valley, calls the delay unacceptable. “They need to authorize some of their key promises through legislation,” he said Monday.
“I think it’s terribly problematic, as soon as possible the legislature should resume following an election.” On Oct. 22., three days after the election, B.C. Premier David Eby said his team was going to hit the ground running.“British Columbians want us to get to work right away on the issues that they’re concerned about, that’s certainly the message that I took,” he said at the time.
Eby told reporters last month he planned to hold a fall sitting. “My intent if we can is to have a sitting, get the speaker elected, and get the legislature working for people,” he said at the end of October.
This past Friday he changed his mind, pointing to Raj Chouhan as already confirmed for the role of House Speaker, and advising there wouldn’t be a fall sitting. The earliest MLAs will gather here is for February’s throne speech, he said.
“I think, quite frankly, he’s afraid of going into the legislature and being shown up. We’ve got a very solid Conservative caucus that’s just itching to get at it,” said B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad on Monday.
Source:bc.ctvnews.ca/
Thursday, May 7, 2026
