22/12/08 Nanaimo MLA Sheila Malcolmson is the new Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction in Premier David Eby’s new cabinet. She was previously minister for mental health and addictions since November, 2020. Eby unveiled his new cabinet on Wednesday, setting up his government after taking over from John Horgan in November. The ministry outlines its role as focusing on providing British Columbians in need with a system of supports to help them achieve their social and economic potential. MORE The next British Columbia election is scheduled for the fall of 2024, the new cabinet named Wednesday could set in motion the countdown for an early vote next fall, said Prof. David Black, a political communications expert at Victoria's Royal Roads University. "My working theory of the shuffle is tied to what I believe is an election in 2023,'' he said. "I don't see the political calculus in waiting for the fall of 2024. If you look at our fiscal situa...