VICTORIA – The explosion at Greenhills coal mine raises a number of serious questions about mine safety, say the New Democrats. “Mine workers should be able to go to work and not get hurt,” said Norm Macdonald, New Democrat energy …
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Liberals’ hydro rate hike means more cuts to education
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Liberals’ April 1 hydro rate hike to school boards amounts to another download of costs and cuts to education services, say the New Democrats. “B.C. families need a break, but all they get from the B.C. …
Government must act now to curb rising gun violence
SURREY – Sue Hammell, New Democrat MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers, issued the following statement on gun violence in Surrey: “I am very disturbed by the rising violence on the streets of Surrey, and gun crime in particular. Including an incident …
B.C. Liberals’ April Fools joke on B.C. consumers, producers, retailers of liquor
VANCOUVER – A string of broken promises leading to the release of the new liquor pricing system in B.C. makes for a tough April Fools’ joke for many retailers, producers and consumers of liquor in B.C. “Prices aren’t going up” …
Bills pile up for B.C. families under Premier Christy Clark
VICTORIA – Families right across British Columbia are left wishing it was an April Fools’ Day joke as they face bigger bills delivered to their mailboxes starting April 1st, say New Democrats. “Unfortunately it’s no joke – as of April …
Hundreds of millions wasted on B.C. Liberal computer mess
VICTORIA— An auditor general’s report shows the B.C. Liberals’ Integrated Case Management system (ICM) is an unfinished, dysfunctional mess that doesn’t accomplish what it set out to do, and fails to protect sensitive information about vulnerable children and their families. …
B.C. Liberals share the blame for expiry of Health Accord
VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal government shares the blame for the expiry of the Health Accord and its impact on the future of public health care, say the New Democrats. “New Democrats had been demanding for years before the 2014 …
Liberals still apathetic on emergency response
VICTORIA – British Columbia is unprepared for a catastrophic earthquake and the premier is still trying to hide that truth from the public, says Mike Farnworth, New Democrat spokesperson for public safety. “For the Liberals to play politics with people’s …
Clark derails B.C. Treaty Commission on a whim, says Horgan
VICTORIA – British Columbians can’t take Premier Christy Clark at her word anymore after she derailed the province’s 22-year treaty process on a whim by cancelling the appointment of a new Chief Treaty Commissioner, says John Horgan, Leader of B.C.’s …
Clark derails BC Treaty Commission on a whim (VIDEO)
New Democrat Leader John Horgan made the following statement in response to the B.C. Liberal cabinet decision to veto the appointment of former cabinet minister George Abbott as the new B.C. Treaty Commissioner: “It is inexplicable that the B.C. Liberal cabinet would …