Eby would make a good Premier.  But first he has to be leader, and the NDP has a bit of a history when it comes to leaders. Carole James, when she tried to move the party more to the centre,  fell to the machinations of Jenny Kwan and her band of merry dissidents (or the Gang of 13). And there went the next election.

It is as if the NDP would rather lose another election, than maintain party unity and support. They are their own worst enemy.

And of course it all worked out for Ms. Kwan in the end, as she jumped to the federal level,  and is ensconced in a very safe  riding, with a job for life.