VICTORIA – Families right across British Columbia are left wishing it was an April Fools’ Day joke as they face bigger bills delivered to their mailboxes starting April 1st, say New Democrats. “Unfortunately it’s no joke – as of April …
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back to Adrian DixStatement from Adrian Dix on need for Site C to be referred to the utilities commission
New Democrat spokesperson for BC Hydro, Adrian Dix, released the following statement about the chair of the joint review panel’s comments on the need for Site C. “New Democrats have been calling for years for the Site C decision to …
New Democrats call for legislation to protect franchisees
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Liberal government should be taking more action to ensure that British Columbia franchisees are operating on a level playing field with the corporations they are partnering with, say the New Democrats. “Small businesses are the backbone …
B.C. Liberals ignored own expert panel’s advice on Site C decision
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Liberal government ignored the advice of its own panel of experts in exempting B.C. Hydro from a B.C. Utilities Commission review of the Site C dam project, says New Democrat spokesperson on BC Hydro Adrian Dix. …
New Democrats call for full release of report into health researcher firings
VANCOUVER – New Democrat MLA Adrian Dix has formally requested that Deputy Attorney General Richard Fyfe step in and release a full, un-redacted copy of the report into the wrongful dismissals of seven health researchers. Despite promises from Premier Christy Clark …
Documents confirm premier’s office involvement in firing of health researchers
VICTORIA – Documents released today on the premier’s office involvement in the firing of health researchers confirm the government’s review is a sham designed to protect the premier. “The premier told the house that she was certain in her own heart …
Liberals’ mismanagement of Hydro has hammered industrial employers, New Democrats say
SURREY – A new subsidy for B.C.’s pulp mills is an admission that the B.C. Liberals’ mismanagement of BC Hydro is risking jobs and hammering the province’s resource-based industrial employers, say the New Democrats. New Democrat spokesperson responsible for BC …
B.C. Liberals dismantling Vancouver community health clinics as doctors issued lay-off notices
VANCOUVER – Vancouver Coastal Health is issuing termination notices to staff and physicians as the B.C. Liberals condone the dismantling of multi-disciplinary clinics that thousands of Vancouver residents rely on, say New Democrats. “Notice is being sent today to physicians …
Statement on tragic shooting at Nanaimo mill
VICTORIA – New Democrat leader Adrian Dix issued the following statement on the tragic shooting at the Western Forest Products mill in Nanaimo Wednesday: “It is with heavy hearts we mourn for those who were killed or injured in today’s tragic …
Liberals trying to play catch-up on skills training with cashless plan
VICTORIA— A decade after dismantling the skills training and apprenticeship system the B.C. Liberals have admitted their changes were a failure, and are now trying to rework the system without properly funding it, say the New Democrats. “It’s been a …