VICTORIA – New Democrat leader John Horgan released the following statement on the death of Chief Marjorie McRae: “This week, British Columbia lost a steadfast voice for First Nations, a passionate advocate for children and families, a leader and a …
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Random acts of education funding all about Christy Clark’s bad headlines
VICTORIA–Christy Clark’s eleventh-hour education funding isn’t about kids, it’s about bad headlines, say the New Democrats. “The premier was content to underfund education for years, forcing school districts into heartbreaking and disruptive decisions to close schools and cancel programs,” said …
Two years after Mount Polley disaster, B.C. Liberals have abandoned local communities
VICTORIA— Two years after promising to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with communities affected by the Mount Polley disaster the Christy Clark government has failed to address the disaster’s impacts on the local economy and failed to hold the company accountable …
Let BC camp: John Horgan fighting to restore affordable access to provincial parks
KELOWNA— As families struggle to afford the high cost of living under the Christy Clark government, rising campground fees in B.C. Parks threaten one of the last options for affordable family vacations, says New Democrat Leader John Horgan. “Christy Clark …
Contradictions pile up as Premier issues denial in Rennie leak allegations
Vancouver – While Bob Rennie can’t get his story straight, Premier Christy Clark is adamantly denying her chief fundraiser had any advanced knowledge of the new foreign buyer tax. “There are now three versions of Mr. Rennie’s story on what …
B.C. NDP Statement on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women National Inquiry
Victoria – New Democrat spokesperson for aboriginal relations and reconciliation, Scott Fraser, and New Democrat spokesperson for women, Maurine Karagianis, join the province’s first female First Nations MLA, Melanie Mark in welcoming today’s announcement from the federal government regarding the …
Housing affordability in Kamloops ignored by Christy Clark government, says New Democrat leader John Horgan
KAMLOOPS – People in Kamloops know it is getting harder to find affordable housing, and New Democrat leader John Horgan says that’s because the Christy Clark government ignored the problem until it spiraled out of control. “Here in Kamloops, people …
Christy Clark puts fundraising chief first, affordability for British Columbians last
Vancouver – New Democrats are demanding answers from Premier Christy Clark about why her chief B.C. Liberal Party fundraiser had details about the new tax on foreign real estate buyers weeks before other British Columbians. “Premier Clark put the interests …
B.C. Liberal foreign buyers tax targets people, not housing affordability
By John Horgan, leader, B.C. New Democrats Our province’s housing crisis is about international money. But Christy Clark still thinks it’s about where people hold citizenship. She thinks that when a citizen of another country buys property in B.C., that’s …
Doug Donaldson to return as NDP spokesperson for energy and mines
VICTORIA – Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson will return to the role of spokesperson for energy and mines, announced New Democrat leader John Horgan. “Doug Donaldson has been a strong voice for the North in the B.C. legislature since 2009, and …