Premier Christy Clark has broken a lot of promises. Here is a look at just a few of her promises to B.C. families and businesses since becoming premier, and how she’s fared on those promises over the last year: AFFORDABILITY …
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Liberals misled British Columbians with election promise to “preserve agricultural land”
VICTORIA – During the election campaign the B.C. Liberals promised to protect agricultural land, but now they are doing just the opposite, say the New Democrats. “Before the election, Country Life in B.C. magazine asked the Liberals specifically if they …
B.C. has more unsolved cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women than any province in Canada
VICTORIA— Action is urgently needed given that more Aboriginal women have disappeared without a trace in British Columbia than in any other province, say New Democrats. “There are more than double the number of unsolved cases of missing Aboriginal women …
Ferries cost more for families this long weekend, thanks to B.C. Liberals
VICTORIA – This Victoria Day long weekend, travellers on British Columbia’s coast will have to dig a little deeper to pay for the B.C. Liberal government’s failure to manage B.C. Ferries, say the New Democrats. “This weekend, a family of …
Auditor General Report shows B.C. Liberals are failing people with disabilities
VICTORIA— An Auditor General report shows that disability assistance is being mismanaged, with supports that are difficult to access and often don’t meet the basic food and shelter needs of people with disabilities, say New Democrats. “New Democrats have been …
Teenage girl asks B.C. Liberals to end the clawback, give her child support back
VICTORIA – New Democrats are standing with a mother and her teenage daughter who are being hurt by the B.C. Liberals’ policy of taking child support from children of single parents on disability and other income supports. Victoria mother Jessica …
B.C. Liberals backtrack on punishing fees for small mining operations
VICTORIA – New Democrat mining critic Scott Fraser confronted the B.C. Liberal government in the legislature about a plan to impose mining permit fees, which would have seen many junior miners, placer miners and prospectors run off their claims and …
Provincial Shipbuilding Act would benefit province’s economy, create jobs
VICTORIA – Legislation introduced today would nurture B.C.’s shipbuilding industry, benefit the province’s economy, and create jobs, say the B.C. New Democrats. “If passed, the Provincial Shipbuilding Act would ensure that ferries, seabuses and any other vessels used by or …
B.C. Liberals refuse to look at alternatives to putting Hydro customers on $800 million hook
VICTORIA – Today, the B.C. Liberal government shut the door on independent expert review of the Site C project proposal, leaving B.C. Hydro customers on the hook for a loss of $800 million should the project go forward on the …
Statement from B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan on Defend Our Climate ‘No Enbridge’ rally
VANCOUVER – B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan released the following statement on today’s Defend Our Climate “No Enbridge” rally: “B.C.’s New Democrats are standing with communities and First Nations all across B.C. who are opposed to the Enbridge heavy …