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Horgan barely rose to the bait. What Wilkinson sees as avoidance is for the premier a case of delegating responsibility to Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial medical officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.

“My approach from the beginning on this is: I’ve got very capable people to manage these issues,” Horgan told reporter Rob Shaw of The Vancouver Sun.

“I don’t need to be elbowing people out of the way to stand at a podium. I’m as accessible as I was before, no more, no less. We’re trying to keep that balance.”

Horgan remains preoccupied with all of the other responsibilities of his office. And he still presides over regular media sessions, the most recent being Wednesday afternoon.

Those Horgan moments do tend to be overshadowed by the daily briefings with Dix and Dr. Henry on the biggest story of our times.

But that has been happening to Wilkinson as well. I’ve heard the “where’s Andrew?” lament from readers who wonder if the leader of the Opposition has disappeared off the face of the planet.

In any event, Wilkinson insists that in querying the whereabouts of the premier, he is not departing from his party’s support for the province in its fight against the novel coronavirus.

As a medical doctor himself, Wilkinson says he recognizes the importance of political leaders speaking with one voice on the management of the pandemic.

“It’s much more important to have a uniform position with people in British Columbia, than to have a whole bunch of dissents and second guessing,” the Liberal leader said.