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Vaughn Palmer: B.C. premier hints strongly at snap election call

Opinion: NDP readies for an election as it rebounds in polls with opposition in disarray

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby tried to make one thing perfectly clear at a news conference on Wednesday, namely that he had “no election announcement to make today.”

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He said that several times, just in case any reporters jumped to conclusions about an imminent election call based on the other things he said.

Such as him saying of the NDP, “we’re election ready.”

Or the premier acknowledging that the party has already chosen his former chief of staff, Cheryl Oates, to........

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