For a longer version of this release – including more information about each commitment – please click here. VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan and the New Democrat government have been working hard for people. After 16 years of a B.C. Liberal …
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B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Sam Sullivan wants people to pay more, by bringing back the HST
VICTORIA – B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Sam Sullivan wants people to pay more for everything by bringing back the HST, showing he still doesn’t understand affordability is one of the top priorities for British Columbians. In 2011, British Columbians forced …
Reality Check: B.C. Liberal hypocrisy on timeline for ridesharing
Today, the B.C. Liberals are attempting to score political points by criticizing the government for not acting quickly enough to bring ridesharing to B.C. But in their post-election clone speech, they abandoned their own 2017 timeline and committed to putting …
Reality Check: Todd Stone can’t fool people now, after years of neglecting B.C. families
VICTORIA – At his campaign launch on Tuesday, B.C. Liberal leadership contender Todd Stone attempted to fool people into believing that helping families is his top priority. But people won’t be fooled given his and his B.C. Liberal government’s well-documented …
Mike de Jong highlights his hypocrisy on post-secondary education at a townhall
VICTORIA – B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Mike de Jong shared brand new and conflicting views on post-secondary education. During a Facebook town hall on Wednesday, de Jong said “[We need to] make sure every student, when they graduate has access …
Reality Check: Where do the B.C. Liberal leadership contenders stand on the AdvantageBC corporate giveaway scheme?
Last spring, when B.C. Liberal leadership hopeful Mike De Jong was the finance minister, The New York Times exposed the B.C. Liberal government’s International Business Activity Program as opaque and ineffective. In addition, Dermod Travis of Integrity B.C. has described the program as “the Frankenstein of …
Following through on our commitments to people: The first 10 weeks of John Horgan’s B.C. New Democrat government
For a longer version of this release – including more information about each commitment – please click here. VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan and the New Democrat government have been working hard for people. After 16 years of a B.C. …
Did the B.C. Liberals gut B.C.’s climate action plan because of big money?
VICTORIA – New Freedom of Information documents reveal the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, whose members donated over $3.6 million to the B.C. Liberals since 2011, received extensive secret backroom consultations on B.C.’s proposed Climate Action Plan. “Was it $3.6 …
Reality Check: What the B.C. Liberals have already said about today’s NDP Throne Speech commitments
VICTORIA – Today’s Speech from the Throne outlines the immediate actions Premier John Horgan and the New Democrat government are taking to make life better for British Columbians. Just two months ago, B.C. Liberal MLAs threw their support behind these …
Reality Check: Do B.C. Liberals still stand by their support for scrapping unfair tolls?
VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan and the New Democrat government are taking immediate action to make life more affordable and get people moving by scrapping unfair tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges. This is just one of …