Vaughn Palmer: Horgan gets it right by naming Wright deputy minister

VICTORIA — Premier-designate John Horgan sent an encouraging signal this week when he named Don Wright as deputy minister to himself and head of the public service in the incoming NDP government.
Wright’s credentials are impressive. PhD in economics from Harvard. Former top executive at a public university, a private forest company and the umbrella financial institution for 144 credit unions.
He’s a broad-based contemporary thinker, witness his pronouncements over the year