VICTORIA— New Democrats have taken the fight for real action to combat violence to the legislature, demanding action on the promised shuttle bus for the Highway of Tears and asking for increased services to combat domestic violence in rural and northern …
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Robinson proposes Silver Alert Act
VICTORIA- It’s time for B.C. to implement comprehensive measures to help locate and protect missing seniors with dementia, says Selina Robinson, MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville. On Tuesday, Robinson introduced the Silver Alert Act in the legislature. The bill would create a …
Failure to require sprinkler retrofits putting seniors in danger, say New Democrats
VICTORIA – The New Democrats are raising concerns that more than 1200 seniors living in care homes with inadequate sprinkler systems are at serious risk in the event of a fire. “In the wake of the fire in a Quebec care …
Liberals can’t prove they’re delivering high quality medical care, despite doubling medical tax
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 …
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 …