David Eby reacts to B.C. billionaire Chip Wilson's pre-election op-ed
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B.C. NDP Leader David Eby slammed his billionaire constituent Chip Wilson – again – on the campaign trail, following the publication of an op-ed by the Lululemon founder.
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby slammed his billionaire constituent Chip Wilson – again – on the campaign trail, following the publication of an op-ed by the Lululemon founder.
On Wednesday, Wilson expounded on his political views and his displeasure with the B.C. NDP in a column for the Vancouver Sun three days before voting day.
The roughly 900-word piece decries the party for "penalizing the uber-successful," fostering widespread "dependence" on government handouts, stifling economic growth, dimming the "bright light of success and wealth creation" – undermining the ability of individual people to "reach their full potential" and ushering in B.C.'s inevitable decline.
Eby – unprompted – responded to the op-ed at a campaign stop Thursday.
"If I didn't know it was real, I would think it was a parody" he said.
The NDP leader seized on two points in particular; Wilson claiming the NDP's policies breed "laziness" among swathes of the population in the province and that people who have not made any "contribution to society" are being unduly rewarded.
"(Wilson) thinks that British Columbians who are working all day for their families, who are incredibly stressed out by the cost of daily life, he thinks that they're lazy," Eby said.
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