David Eby has one big pipeline-sized problem -- can he pivot in time to get a political win? (The Hub)
David Eby’s pipeline problem is one he built for himself, and it’s fast becoming a political reckoning. Most every political leader eventually hits the moment when the province they think they’re governing collides with the province that actually exists. The BC premier has reached that moment on the question of a northern pipeline. He shouldn’t be surprised. The premier finds himself isolated politically, geographically, economically, and increasingly morally on a file where British Columbians and Indigenous nations do not agree with him and Ottawa and Alberta are aligned against him. It is rare for a BC premier to be the lone voice in a room this crowded. This is not a fight over a project from the past decade’s pipeline wars. This is a new conversation, shaped by Indigenous ownership, global energy ... CLICK HERE for the full story