British Columbia Premier David Eby is facing questions after reports emerged about confidential provincial land negotiations, a story drawing close attention in Vancouver and across the province.
According to reporting cited by Global News and based on confidential documents obtained by Northern Beat, the NDP government has been in negotiations involving the transfer of some 400 parcels of land. The government has defended its actions as the reports circulated on Thursday.
The disclosure lands in the middle of a heated B.C. political season, with a snap provincial election campaign under way and party leaders debating housing, land use and the cost of living.
Opposition critics are pressing the government for more detail on which parcels are involved, who the other parties to the talks are, and what public process will follow. The province has not, in the reports cited, laid out a full public timeline for any transfer.
