 Hello everybody, I was just in with the lieutenant governor and we had a wonderful conversation. She has invited me to form government Which is obviously Exciting and and I can't wait to get to work I am very grateful for the opportunity to meet with her and look forward to any questions you might have So for the media on the line Please press star one to enter the queue and you'll be limited to one question and one follow-up Please remember to take yourself off speaker before asking your question and our first question will come from Rob Shaw check news Do you have a date in which you expect to be sworn in that you talked to the lieutenant governor about? We're working right now on the details my goal and my hope is to be sworn in Before the end of the session so that I'm able to be in the legislature and able to introduce some key piece of legislation for my first hundred days in office and Obviously when that that hundred days starts and I'm sworn in The work will begin and part of that is being accountable to the legislature and the British Columbians and part is delivering on their priorities around housing and health care public safety in the environment Do you have a follow-up? Sure. Have you met with the mayors of Vancouver and Surrey yet? And if so, what did you talk about and how does what they say fit into your priorities as a incoming premier? Well, this won't be a surprise to anybody to know that during my meetings with the mayor of Vancouver and the mayor of Surrey and Victoria the issues were housing issues around public safety homelessness and addiction mental health issues in the streets and And and their interest in working with the province to address these issues. I think There's such an opportunity for us to work together with these municipal leaders. They're They're all new mayors. They're all excited and ready to go And I'll be a new premier as well and the provincial government will be a good partner for them on these priorities The next question will go to bender sagin ctv Hi, I'm wondering if you can talk a little bit more about the key pieces of legislation that you're looking at specifically I know you've laid out your hundred-day plan, but what are you hoping to get done before the end of this session? Well, my my key priorities are obviously around the housing crisis the fact that people can't find an affordable place to live even if they earn a decent income and Issues around public safety Making sure that people are both safe In the sense that when they look at their downtowns, they feel that that's a place that they would like to be with their families or if they're Seniors they feel comfortable being there But also for the people who are living outside that are struggling with mental health and addiction that their safety is part of our priority as well and We have so many other issues to work on My goal over the next few weeks will be to work through with our team what the world of the possible is and and to do my best to get in To the legislature before the end of the session in order to be able to deliver on these goals Do you have a follow-up? Yeah, I'm just wondering can you tell us a bit about how the conversation went? Obviously, she asked you if you would like to form government and you said yes I've got things I could just talk a little bit more about how that conversation went absolutely the Lieutenant governor Invited me to form government. I said I was very honored that she would ask me and the answer was certainly yes she's a wonderful host and so we Discussed some of Professional and and some of mine in my time with the government Conversation we had some very small histories that were quite delicious And some tea so it felt it felt appropriate The next question is from Katie D'Rosa Vancouver Sun Premier designate it after your sworn in will you commit to the rest of the legislative fall session if there's a certain number of weeks remaining or Spring session when you present the budget This is obviously a really unusual transition Process that's taking place. Usually a government would adjourn for Journal legislative session for transition to take place. That's not what we've done We have the session happening right now while transition is also happening so my goal and my hope is to be Sworn in his premier and be able to sit in the legislature during this session to be accountable in that way But also I'm hopeful to be able to deliver on some key priority areas even in the short time that remains in the session to follow up Do you expect to Appoint cabinet ministers on the same day that you're sworn in or when would a possible cabinet shuffle take place? Right now. I'm getting briefings from the public service on key issues facing British Columbia the state of the economy and and obviously the global situation and the impacts it's having on British Columbia and and a whole array of different issues facing different ministries and in particular how they're going to impact British Columbians and and what our government responses Are and and will be so there's a lot going on right now the I'm looking forward to having the opportunity to sit down with my colleagues meet with them individually talk about their priorities Not just for their communities But the files that they have that they've been given by Premier Horgan And to take an assessment of where a government is at and where we're going And and it's not until that process is complete that I'll have anything to say about any cabinet roles or anything related to that The next question is from Keith Baldry global speaking of cabinet The opposition several times now is used an entire question period to demand that John Horgan replace Adrian Dix's health minister Which has been Rebuffed or in order you're going to continue to have that position of keeping mr. Dix as health minister Well, I think all British Columbians are aware of the strain that our health care system is under coming out of the pandemic And as well that this isn't an issue that's unique to British Columbia. This is an issue faced by Governments across Canada there have been efforts to engage the federal government on their support for our public health care system Issue an initiative led actually by Premier Horgan And I'm very proud of his work on that for British Columbia with the Council of Federation at the end of the day for British Columbians it's about Are they going to have access to a family doctor in order to be able to get the care that their family needs if they are in medical crisis? Will there be an ambulance will be the hospital be able to provide them the care they deserve and That is one of my key priority areas. It's one that I look forward to Accelerating our work and finding ways to respond to the needs of those frontline health care workers that provide those services We all depend on and I just want to take a moment and say how proud I am of the work of Minister Dix throughout the pandemic Really significant work and I look forward to working with him and with all of my colleagues to address this issue Do you have a follow-up? Yeah, just back to the legislation you're talking about it takes time to draft legislation It took leave. It's fairly complex has work already begun on this in terms of drafting legislation that you want to see in In front of the house and it's so when did that start? So that's a that's a really good question Keith People will know that that certainly my priority areas the issues of housing and health care and public safety Are our issues that we need to address in a really aggressive and urgent way And that's why I'm I'm trying to work with our team to accelerate and have in place Key legislative initiatives to respond to that it it's a moving target, you know, we're in session right now And and I'm working with our team to try to be in a position to be able to do that I'm talking about my hopes and aspirations here for the for the remainder of a quickly moving session while we're doing transition And and my goal here is to hit the ground running That's all we have time for today. Thanks so much. Thank you. Thank you