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: …
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back to Niki SharmaReality 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 …
NDP MLAs Simpson And Chandra Herbert Join Community Members To Call For Homeless Protection
VANCOUVER– Despite promises to protect the homeless in this province, the B.C. Liberals have only provided a band-aid solution. Hundreds of vulnerable people will be forced back out onto the streets on April 30 when the current funding for temporary …
Statement from Carole James and Shane Simpson on Homelessness Action Week
VANCOUVER—New Democrat Leader Carole James and Housing and Social Development critic Shane Simpson released the following statement on Homelessness Action Week: Carole James “As part of Homelessness Action Week, local governments and non-profit organizations across the province are hard at …
Simpson and Chandra Herbert call on B.C. Liberals to live up to their promises to non-profits
RICHMOND – New Democrat arts and culture critic Spencer Chandra Herbert and social development critic Shane Simpson are calling on the B.C. Liberal government to immediately restore gaming grants to organizations suffering under recent cuts and changes. “What has happened …