Eby endeared himself to me when he beat Christy Clark in her own riding, so that's part of it, but he's also been one of the main forces behind understanding the housing affordability crisis. Even though he hasn't quite followed the premise to its logical conclusions, I remember him as being one of the few people at the time who was able to articulate that the housing market is being affected by investment capital, and that merely building more things wasn't going to solve any problems. Coming out of many years where the province was essentially just a place where people could launder money and park capital through real estate, having someone buck that trend and at least try to air the more fundamental issues was a breath of fresh air.

Also, I don't think much of Horgan. At a time when there was a need and political will to do more radical things, he played the role of administrator. He spent most of his time as premier directing traffic. Meanwhile, the opposition has been trying to figure out how to get back in so they can privatize all the crown corps and eliminate taxes on real estate developers. I don't necessarily think Eby will be that much more radical than Hogan, but I'm not sure I've seen evidence that Horgan has any vision or perspective at all.