The interim leader of the BC Liberals says the results of the last election tell her that there is some work to be done to reinvigorate the party.

Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond says one of her first tasks will be to find out what went wrong in the Oct. 24 election.

“We have some lessons to learn from what happened in the election itself more broadly,” she said, during a media availability on Tuesday.

“The party will set out a process where we will not only look at what we need to do in the future. We are going to take some time to look back. We need to listen, and we need to learn and the results of the last election tell us that we have some work to do.”

Bond says she does not want to be the permanent leader of the BC Liberals but she will lead the party until a new leader is chosen sometime next year.

“The party is going to take the lead in terms of having the discussion about what happened, what could happen, what will we look like and I think as we have that discussion in the broader public, its going to energize people to think about do they want to be engaged in a permanent leadership capacity in our party,” she added.

She says British Columbians expect the 28-member strong Liberal caucus to continue to support the fight against COVID-19, but she also expects MLAs to ask tough questions and sometimes difficult questions of the NDP to hold them to account when the legislature resumes sitting next month.

“There is a balancing act here. Our first priority is the health and wellness of British Columbians, of course it is, but there are also key questions that we need to ask and I think you are going to see those kinds of questions emerge after we’ve had some discussion about those issues as a caucus,” Bond said.

She added the Liberals are waiting for the NDP to unveil its cabinet, which is set to happen on Thursday, before releasing its shadow cabinet.