VICTORIA – New Democrat advanced education critic David Eby’s upcoming tour will highlight B.C.’s six-year slide from national leader to last place for youth economic engagement. “B.C. was the second-best province in Canada just six years ago for youth economic …
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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 …
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 …
B.C. Liberal incompetence undermining skills training
VICTORIA— Chaos in the Ministry of Advanced Education is contributing to Christy Clark’s failures on employment says New Democrat advanced education critic David Eby. Up to $8 million dollars in cuts are coming to the British Columbia Institute of Technology …
REALITY CHECK: B.C. Liberals misleading British Columbians about dismantling ESL in universities and colleges
VICTORIA- For the past two days, Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk has been telling British Columbians he doesn’t know what it will mean when changes to federal government funding for English as a Second Language (ESL) programs are implemented in …
School children should not pay the price for the Liberals’ failed energy policies: NDP
VANCOUVER – The B.C. Liberals are asking school children to pay the price for their incompetent and deceptive management of B.C. Hydro, say New Democrats. “Liberal Education Minister Peter Fassbender is advising school boards – and the parents, students and …
Sexual violence at UBC demands serious response
David Eby, the New Democrat critic for advanced education and the MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey issued the following statement in response to sexual violence on UBC campus: “At a time when women’s safe access to campus is under threat, everyone, …
B.C. Liberal government refusal to offer student loans for haul truck program is another skills training failure
CRANBROOK— The B.C. Liberal government needs to reform the student loan program so it can be accessed by students doing industry-focused skills training programs like the mining haul truck operator program at the College of the Rockies, says skills training …
B.C. Liberal skills training failures continue to hurt B.C. workers and employers
VICTORIA – Northern B.C. employers sending another delegation to Ireland looking for skilled workers to fill jobs in B.C. is an indictment of the B.C. Liberal government’s failure to get serious about skills training, say New Democrats. “While business groups …
B.C. New Democrat Women’s Caucus calls on Premier to take action to protect women on campus
The B.C. New Democrat Women’s Caucus, along with New Democrat advanced education critic David Eby, is calling on Premier Clark to show solidarity with women in B.C.’s advanced education institutions after it became public that students at UBC’s Sauder School …