VICTORIA – A decision today by the B.C. Coroner’s office to hold the Babine Mill disaster inquest in Burns Lake will help the injured workers and families of the victims participate in the inquest, say the New Democrats. “The coroner’s …
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back to Niki SharmaNew Democrats renew call for action on TFW program following CFIB report
VICTORIA— New Democrats are calling on Premier Clark and the B.C. Liberal government to join with business and labour in pushing for the temporary foreign worker program to be replaced with permanent immigration opportunities. “Business, labour and New Democrats all …
B.C. Liberal government “jobs plan progress update” is a contradiction in terms
Statistics Canada numbers prove that there has been no progress since Premier Clark launched her “plan” – in fact, B.C. is falling behind. Since September 2011 – when the premier first launched her so-called “jobs plan” that she said specifically …
Op-ed: Liberal mismanagement is B.C.’s bigger fiscal problem
By Shane Simpson The B.C. Liberals like to say they’re good with money. They said it on the side of their campaign bus and they have spent millions on taxpayer-funded ads that repeat that message. They have also claimed that …
Investigation into former BCLC chief’s conduct must be transparent
VICTORIA – New Democrats challenged the B.C. Liberals to explain why conflict of interest standards were ignored when the head of the B.C. Lottery Corporation went to work for a casino company. “Two weeks ago, we heard that Michael Graydon …
B.C. Liberals must answer questions on former BCLC head’s potential conflict of interest
VANCOUVER – New Democrats have serious concerns after learning the former head of the B.C. Lottery Corporation has taken a job as the CEO of the company that will own the proposed new casino in downtown Vancouver. “Michael Graydon is …
Liberals target independent voices in secretive core review
VICTORIA– The B.C. Liberal government is continuing down the road of silencing independent voices and bringing decision-making closer to the cabinet table with changes to the Pacific Carbon Trust and the Provincial Capital Commission under the core review, say New …
Liberals steer public toward a dead end for input on core review
VICTORIA – The only avenue the Liberals have offered to the public for input on the core review is a dead end, say the New Democrats. “This review could impact the quality of service delivery or even cut important programs …
Fraser, Popham, Mungall and Krog join New Democrat caucus executive
VICTORIA – Today the New Democrat Official Opposition selected its caucus executive, including four new members: Scott Fraser, Lana Popham, Michelle Mungall and Leonard Krog. Here is the new executive: • Caucus Chair: Shane Simpson, Vancouver-Hastings • Deputy Caucus Chair: …
Reality Check: Liberals spent 2012 campaigning instead of governing
Despite serious challenges facing British Columbia, the Liberal government under Premier Christy Clark has spent a significant portion of the past year campaigning instead of governing, spending valuable public resources on pre-election advertising and staging photo-ops instead of doing the …