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Vaughn Palmer: Eby wipes out oversight of public service firings introduced by his NDP predecessor

John Horgan said independent oversight of firings was needed after wrongful dismissals led to a suicide

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VICTORIA — Premier David Eby’s abolition of the merit commissioner will also wipe out a reform introduced by Premier John Horgan to rectify a major injustice in the public service.

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The Horgan NDP government gave the commissioner independent oversight of firings in response to the previous B.C. Liberal government’s wrongful dismissal of a half dozen health care researchers — one of whom killed himself.

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The ombudsperson branded the health firings as a........

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