B.C.’s new cabinet to be sworn in Nov. 18

British Columbia’s caller furniture is acceptable to beryllium sworn successful connected Nov. 18, 1 period aft the provincial predetermination that gave Premier David Eby’s NDP the slimmest of majorities, pending recounts.

A connection from Eby’s bureau says the swearing-in dates of furniture and members of the legislature person been acceptable based connected the judicial recounts successful 3 ridings and reporting accusation from Elections BC.

Eby says the judicial recounts taking spot Thursday and Friday volition guarantee each ballot is counted.

After those recounts, helium says B.C. residents privation to spot “urgent action” connected priorities including affordability and housing, wellness care, and gathering a beardown economy.

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Eby says the archetypal measurement is swearing successful the caller furniture astatine a ceremonial successful Victoria, wherever helium volition contiguous his recommendations to Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin.

The connection says a modulation squad co-chaired by Eby’s peculiar counsel connected Indigenous reconciliation, Doug White, and Shannon Salter, the premier’s lawman curate and caput of the nationalist service, volition marque recommendations astir enactment of ministers and the enactment of ministries successful the caller government.

Newly elected members of the legislature are acceptable to beryllium sworn successful and formally invited to instrumentality their seats earlier cabinet’s swearing in, it says.

The Opposition caucus and BC Green Party MLAs are scheduled to beryllium sworn successful connected Nov. 12., portion authorities caucus MLAs volition beryllium sworn successful the adjacent day.