Government’s role is to seemingly spend ever more money. Have you ever heard of a government spending less? (Save former B.C. Premier Bill Bennett and his Socreds, circa early 1980’s.)
BC NDP leader David Eby is the poster child for spending. Eby recently named Dr. Penny Ballem as his special adviser on health. Doug White is Eby’s special counsel on Indigenous reconciliation. And the latest addition is former Victoria mayor Lisa Helps as Eby’s special adviser on housing.
White is earning a salary of $275,000 a year; Ballem, who is working on a part-time basis, earns $165,000 a year; and Helps will get $80,000 for a six-month contract.
Why his ministers don’t fill these rolls makes no sense. There are more than 40 Executive Council members and Parliamentary secretaries in B.C. As an example, Lenovo Corporation, which has similar revenues to the province, has 18 senior executives.
Tax and spend. That’s the Canadian way.
