BC Premier David Eby on Healthcare in BC

🎬NOTE: Episode recorded in early Fall (September) as leadership candidate prior to David officially becoming Premier. ******

☎️  Today, David Eby was sworn in as British Columbia’s 37th premier.

🗨️ We sit down with Premier Eby to discuss his plans for the Province's #𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 everything from 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 #patient 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 by expanding 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 #𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 #𝗛𝗖𝗣𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲, reforming primary care, and if outdated legislation around patient rights is meeting the needs of today's patients.  

🎬 🎙️ 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 #𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮. 𝗜𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 #𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁?

Questions we ask:  

💡💡 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝑮𝑷, 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 #𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔-𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 #𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 service 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆? 🎬𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆?  

▶️ 𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 50 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆 20 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 #𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆? 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌?  💡💡 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 #𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 #𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮.🇨🇦

🎙️𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 broadly across our healthcare 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 #𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 #𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 and why are we not there yet?

ABOUT DAVID EBY, KC 

David Eby, K.C.David Eby is the MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, first elected in 2013.

Before he was elected, David was the Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, an adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia, president of the HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and served on the Vancouver Foundation's Health and Social Development Committee.

An award-winning human rights lawyer, he has been repeatedly recognized in local media as one of British Columbia's most effective advocates and has appeared at all levels of court in BC.

His years of legal advocacy at Pivot Legal Society to protect the human rights and dignity of homeless and under-housed residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside were recognized in 2011 by the UN Association in Canada and the B.C. Human Rights Coalition with their annual award.