The context is that this is a new government. The old BC Liberal government didn't care about any of these problems at all and allowed them to fester for years.

The context is that this is a new government. The old BC Liberal government didn't care about any of these problems at all and allowed them to fester for years. The new NDP government suspected there were severe problems and were starting to act on them. The article "confirms" that indeed the problems are severe, and the new government is correct in their belief that it's an important issue for their government to address.