Government via virtue signal under Premier David Eby is on the way out in British Columbia. Fiscal mismanagement, embarrassing climb-downs on failed drug policies and an inability to swiftly condemn rampant antisemitism are the final nails in the activist government coffin. Ebyism can’t last.

The first obvious signs of peril appeared in early April, when B.C. received another credit downgrade from S&P Global Ratings. The downgrade followed the B.C. NDP’s projection of an $8 billion deficit for 2024-25. Though the province has the opportunity to make bank on multiple fronts, this would require the government to admit that resources (mining and oil and gas especially) are key to B.C.’s financial success; social activism and resources don’t mix under Eby.