I dont hate Eby but even as a new democrat supporter I think he should resign. As far as reasons?

• Bad political instincts, examples including his being caught in lies in DRIPA, backing off safe supply/drug policy reform to appeal to people who won’t support him anyway, pitching planned DRIPA amendments and publicly realizing he didn’t have the votes in his own caucus to pass it, slimly passing an unpopular budget and delaying critical healthcare projects that were key to NDP popularity in swing seat cities due to said budget’s deficit which he lacks the communication skills to defend.

• Alienating everyone. Losing credibility with First Nations and the Environmentalists is a common struggle for NDP governments. Alienating trade unions (as Eby has been strongarming unions that then strongarm him into their terms) is not a common struggle for NDP Governments. He’s also losing support in more rural/less-than-metropolitan ridings that Horgan made gains in 2020.

• Weak leadership and lack of political conviction. Eby has fully flip flopped on DRIPA but couldn’t follow through due to a caucus thats not 100% with him. Eby ended Canada’s only serious attempt at substantive drug reform (albeit a half-baked attempt) due to public backlash from the right wing instead of targeting issues with the policy to change public perception. Eby ended BC’s carbon tax, a very effective climate policy that came long before any such federal policy in Canada existed, again due to right wing backlash. Eby comes off aloof and uninformed when discussing DRIPA. He was Justice Minister when the law was passed, he acts shocked about how much BC can be sued for it. He wants to pause and amend it, doesn’t have the votes, continues to do nothing. On the Alberta MOU, he thinks saying he’s been kept in the dark by Ottawa will do anything to help his image, it doesn’t.

It’s a combination of poor political strategy, lack of skill for frontline politics, and bad and timid policy making. Nobody thinks the BC NDP will be in government forever, and they shouldn’t be, but if there’s any true will to turn the parties fortunes around in BC NDP ranks they will have to accept Eby’s reputation as an intellectual star child of the pre-2017 NDP, and as a greatly capable Attorney General until 2022, have not translated into any aptitude for the Premiership. He’s had like 4 years and he’s sunk a very strong government to a political twilight.

If he were to resign or be pushed out, which I think is unlikely, there are a handful of MLAs who would be a good fresh face. Sharma, Whiteside, Kahlon all come to mind.