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 …
News
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 …
New Democrats release legislative archive to advance reconciliation with province’s Chinese community
VANCOUVER – To advance the reconciliation process with B.C.’s Chinese community, New Democrats are releasing the province’s extensive legislative record of official discrimination against Asian minorities, and are organizing a cross-cultural forum at the Wosk Centre of Dialogue involving members …
B.C. Liberal incompetence threatening province’s international education schools
VICTORIA— Chaos in the Ministry of Advanced Education is leaving international students in limbo and threatening British Columbia’s international education industry, says New Democrat advanced education critic David Eby. “Students thinking about coming to B.C. to study are being put …
New Democrats call for expanded oversight of Site C project
VICTORIA — B.C.’s New Democrats are challenging the B.C. Liberals to restore independent oversight and to push for expanded public hearings into the proposed Site C dam. In a letter sent to Energy Minister Bill Bennett this morning, New Democrat …