Vaughn Palmer: NDP can only kick funding cans so far down the road

VICTORIA — Cabinet minister David Eby provided an advance look at the challenges ahead for the New Democrats in 2018, during a daylong debate this week over the current budget for his Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General.
Eby was handed a heavy workload from Premier John Horgan, with responsibility for his own portfolio as well as liquor licensing and the financially troubled Insurance Corp. of B.C.
He was also in charge of seven of the 15 pieces of legislation on the agenda for the fa