VICTORIA – Christy Clark spent years denying that B.C.’s housing affordability crisis even exists, and now she’s introducing new legislation to get rid of her bad headlines, say New Democrats. “People that I speak with in every part of B.C. …
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Clark government forced to admit yet another IT boondoggle
VICTORIA— The just announced review into the iHealth system is the latest admission by the Christy Clark government of its incompetence in managing IT projects, says New Democrat health spokesperson Judy Darcy. “For many months, physicians, nurses, other clinicians, and …
New Democrats cheer addition of transgender protections to B.C.’s Human Rights Code
VANCOUVER— New Democrat Leader John Horgan and Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert issued the following statement in response to the B.C. Liberal government’s announcement that they will be adding gender identity and expression to B.C.’s Human Rights Code: “Today …
Clark government neglecting families and communities by ignoring affordable rental housing
COQUITLAM– The Christy Clark government is ignoring a rental housing crisis that is getting worse by the day, hurting families and communities around British Columbia, says B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan. “People and families are scrambling to find affordable rental housing here in …
Horgan demands B.C. Liberal apology for insensitive residential school comments
VICTORIA— Premier Christy Clark must demand that Boundary-Similkameen MLA, Linda Larson, apologizes to First Nations people for her insensitive and offensive comments regarding the history of residential schools in British Columbia, says B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan. During a …
Government calls session to do bare minimum and avoid tough decisions on housing affordability crisis
VANCOUVER— The Christy Clark government is holding a summer sitting of the legislature to do the bare minimum to make bad headlines go away about the housing affordability crisis, while being careful to not anger their top donors. “Christy Clark …
Christy Clark government continues to ignore affordable housing crisis
VANCOUVER— Today brought more evidence that the Christy Clark government has no plans to get serious about addressing the housing crisis in this province, say New Democrats. “It took the finance minister almost as long to announce his so-called data …
MLAs stand with Shawnigan residents concerned about ongoing threats to their water
VICTORIA— Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley joined with Nanaimo-North Cowichan MLA Doug Routley and other elected representatives at South Island Aggregates’ contaminated soil dumping site near Shawnigan Lake to voice continuing concerns about the threat it poses to the local …
B.C. Liberals failing British Columbians living in the Cariboo
LIKELY— New Democrat leader John Horgan will visit Likely today following a visit to Williams Lake for the Williams Lake Stampede over the weekend. Horgan says the Christy Clark government has turned its back on British Columbians living in the …
Horgan calls for task force to fight tax fraud and money laundering in B.C. real estate industry
VANCOUVER— B.C. New Democrat leader, John Horgan, is calling for a multi-agency task force to fight tax fraud and money laundering in the B.C. real estate marketplace. “Premier Christy Clark should have taken concrete action against illegal activity in our …