VICTORIA – Despite doubling medical services taxes, the Liberal government can’t prove it is delivering high quality medical care to British Columbians, say the New Democrats. Auditor General Russ Jones issued a report Thursday showing that the Liberal government can’t demonstrate …
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New Democrats present response to Liberals’ pay-more, get-less budget
VICTORIA – The 2014 budget makes families pay the price for B.C. Liberal mismanagement, said New Democrat finance critic Mike Farnworth in his budget response presentation in the legislature Wednesday. “The bottom line of this budget is that life will be …
Op-ed: Budget makes life less affordable
By Mike Farnworth, Special to the Vancouver Sun Families in our province will be extremely disappointed with the budget brought down by Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals this week. It’s a budget that makes life less affordable for us …
B.C. Liberal budget continues to make life less affordable
VICTORIA – British Columbians can expect to pay an average of nearly $900 more over the next three years just for hydro and medical premium increases under the budget tabled Tuesday, say New Democrats. “This budget shows Christy Clark and the …
B.C. Liberals support keeping Canadian Senate
VICTORIA — The B.C. New Democrat Opposition introduced a motion in the legislature to support the abolition of the Senate, but the motion failed to pass due to the B.C. Liberals’ support for keeping it. “We wanted to send a signal …
B.C. Liberals’ lead negotiator admitted plan was to provoke a full-scale strike, keep children home from school
VICTORIA— The B.C. Liberals’ lead negotiator in talks with B.C.’s teachers admitted in open court that the government planned to provoke a full-scale strike, keeping children home from school and interrupting their education in order to get public support for …
Christy Clark must explain role in provoking school strikes
VICTORIA— Christy Clark must release documents detailing the role she played in provoking strikes at B.C. schools, say B.C.’s New Democrats. “The B.C. Liberal government was caught trying to provoke a full-scale strike in B.C. schools,” said New Democrat leader …
Dix to Premier Clark: Babine sawmill workers and their families demand independent inquiry
VANCOUVER —New Democrat leader Adrian Dix has written Premier Clark formally requesting she convene an independent inquiry into the botched handling of the investigation into the Babine Forest Products mill explosion. Dix met with Babine mill workers and their families …
Site C panel sidesteps B.C. Liberal interference
VANCOUVER – The Site C dam review panel’s decision to include vital independent voices in their environmental review is a victory of common sense over Liberal interference, say the New Democrats. “B.C. Liberal interference with the Site C project is …
Time to re-activate standing committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Donaldson says
VICTORIA — New Democrat aboriginal relations critic Doug Donaldson is calling on Minister John Rustad to take some meaningful steps towards reconciliation with B.C.’s First Nations in the wake of recently released documents pointing to an increase in the number …