VERNON – B.C. Liberal MLA Eric Foster admits his government refuses to do as much as it can to reduce mental health and addictions issues driving up Vernon’s homeless population despite a $2 billion dollar surplus. “Eric Foster’s comments to …
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VICTORIA –The Christy Clark government is failing to protect an increasingly vulnerable senior population from the effects of the affordability crisis, say the New Democrats. “Seniors are waiting too long for services and aren’t getting the support they need from …
The public being kept in the dark about looming ICBC increases until after the election
VICTORIA— The Christy Clark government, through ICBC, won’t tell drivers how much their insurance premiums will have to increase until after the election, say New Democrats. “The public should know the impact of B.C. Liberal incompetence before the election,” said …
Horgan will support co-op housing, shield families from Christy Clark’s housing crisis
VICTORIA – A B.C. New Democrat government would provide support for co-op housing, shielding thousands of families from becoming casualties of Christy Clark’s housing crisis, says New Democrat Leader John Horgan. “For years, the B.C. Liberal government has known that federal …
Statement from B.C. New Democrats on Vancouver tent city
VANCOUVER— Melanie Mark, B.C. New Democrat MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, released the following statement on recent developments at Vancouver’s tent city: “I’ve recently learned that the tent city in my community, on 58 West Hastings Street, will soon be dismantled. …
B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan puts families first with $10 a day child care
VANCOUVER — The Christy Clark government’s failure to invest in affordable universal child care has created a crisis for working families, and B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan says he’ll change that with a $10 a day child care program …
Housing affordability crisis getting worse for seniors
BURNABY – The affordability crisis is hitting seniors in metro Vancouver especially hard, and it’s getting worse, say the New Democrats. A recent report on affordability in metro Vancouver showed that there was a 38-per-cent increase in the number of …
New Democrat MLAs join the 5th annual Welfare Food Challenge
VANCOUVER— Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Melanie Mark will take part in the 2016 Welfare Food Challenge to gain a better personal understanding of what legislators can do to help the most vulnerable in our …
Clark government cancels legislature, allows rent-hike loophole to be exploited, Horgan charges
VICTORIA— A loophole that allows some landlords to exploit the tight rental housing market and raise rents beyond the legal limit could have been closed immediately, had Premier Christy Clark not cancelled the fall legislative sitting, says B.C. New Democrat …
Premier Christy Clark’s 2 years of housing crisis denial cost families over $600,000 more per home
VANCOUVER— Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals created the crisis in housing affordability by doing absolutely nothing for two years except deny that families were caught in a housing crisis, and in that time, the cost of a home …