VANCOUVER— In the wake of the tragic death of another party bus passenger in downtown Vancouver this past Saturday night, New Democrat MLA for Vancouver Fairview, George Heyman, is renewing his call for stronger rules on party buses. “The Minister …
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As another bullet hits a Surrey school, Christy Clark rejects proposals to tackle violence
SURREY – This week another bullet hit a Surrey school, continuing the wave of ongoing gun violence in the city. Meanwhile, Christy Clark’s government is rejecting proposals to tackle the violence, choosing instead to play political games and simply change …
Clark responds to concerns about Surrey crime with ‘there’s a new minister’
VICTORIA— Premier Christy Clark’s empty response to the growing gun violence problem in Surrey shows she’s just not there for the people of the lower mainland, say the New Democrats. “We called on the premier to take immediate action to …
What they’ve been saying this year…
… About culture of the Christy Clark government 1) Our thesaurus has lots of synonyms for “dishonesty” too “Enough of the obfuscating, weaseling, dissimulation, doubletalk, verbal subterfuge, stonewalling and other distasteful conduct that hangs like a miasma over the shameful …
Clark government finally admits to misconduct and wrongdoing in health researchers firings
VICTORIA – The following statement from New Democrat leader John Horgan was released in response to the settlement announced Tuesday with Drs. Bill and Rebecca Warburton: “The Christy Clark government has finally admitted to misconduct and wrongdoing in the remaining …
Premier Clark spends nearly $2 billion on Site C with no guarantee of B.C. jobs
VICTORIA – In her rush to build a mega-dam B.C. doesn’t even need, Premier Christy Clark failed to guarantee British Columbians would get the jobs building it. “Premier Clark never gets tired of talking about jobs, but that’s all it …
Christy Clark’s culture of cover-up needs real change, not another report
VICTORIA— The findings of David Loukidelis’ report do not fix the culture of deceit and cover-up that Premier Clark has created, say B.C. New Democrats. “What is truly needed for British Columbians’ trust to be restored is a change in …
New Democrats welcome federal decision on Kitsilano’s Coast Guard Station
David Eby, MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, released the following statement anticipating the decision to re-open the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station. Eby will attend this morning’s event at the station (1661 Whyte Ave.) at 11:30 a.m. and will be available for …
Premier Clark must fix laws and help low income seniors and families evicted two weeks before Christmas
VICTORIA— B.C. New Democrats say that the mass eviction of seniors from a trailer park in Port Edward, just before Christmas, is the perfect illustration of B.C.’s housing crisis made worse by government inaction and a lack of legislation to …
BCUC receives evidence relating to mismanagement and misrepresentations of BC Hydro’s IT plan
VANCOUVER— Evidence detailing issues of mismanagement and deception with respect to BC Hydro’s information technology programs has been provided to the BC Utilities Commission by New Democrat spokesperson for BC Hydro, Adrian Dix. “British Columbians continue to pay the …