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Budget no blueprint for change, just more of the same from the Liberals
February 22, 2012
By Bruce Ralston   Premier Christy Clark claims to represent change but her first budget shows almost no difference from previous Liberal budgets and continues to hurt working families and the middle class. For New Democrats, real change would have included recognition that working families and the middle class are struggling in tough times and need relief and hope for the future. For example, we were looking for investments in education and training, in our forest resource, in...
CHRISTY CLARK'S FIRST BUDGET OFFERS NO CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS LIBERAL BUDGETS
February 21, 2012
VICTORIA –Premier Christy Clark claims to represent change but her first budget shows almost no difference from previous Liberal budgets and continues to hurt working families and the middle class, said New Democrat finance critic Bruce Ralston. “After a decade of deceit and mismanagement, there is nothing here for families and the middle class looking for relief in tough times and hope for a better future,” said Ralston. “Education and skills training offers a huge...
COASTAL STAKEHOLDERS AGREE: B.C. LOGS SHOULD CREATE B.C. JOBS
February 20, 2012
  New Democrat Forestry Committee Wraps Successful First Leg of Province-Wide Tour VICTORIA –Island and coastal business owners, workers and other stakeholders agree that the dramatic increase in raw log exports is resulting in a loss of business and fewer jobs, say the New Democrats. Members of the New Democrat caucus’ forestry committee met with more than a dozen stakeholders on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast at the end of last week on the first leg of their...
HST TRANSITION ANNOUNCEMENT A SMALL REPAIR OF THE COLOSSAL LIBERAL FAILURE
February 17, 2012
  Liberal foot-dragging on HST/PST transition disrespectful to voters and businesses VANCOUVER –While there are measures to help British Columbia’s ailing homebuilding industry, Friday’s HST transition announcement amounts to a small fix of the colossal Liberal HST failure and a confirmation that the province won’t be rid of the tax until more than a year and a half after the referendum result was announced, say the New Democrats. “The key point in...
BCUC DOUBLES RATE RIDER TO PAY FOR LIBERAL MISMANAGEMENT AT B.C. HYDRO
February 16, 2012
VICTORIA – In a clear rebuke of the B.C. Liberals’ attempts to continue to hide and defer the costs of mismanaged energy policy, the B.C. Utilities Commission has ruledB.C. Hydro must double the Deferral Account Rate Rider, says New Democrat energy critic John Horgan. “This is why we have the BCUC,” said Horgan. “The Liberals have been interfering with B.C. Hydro for 10 years, adding costs and putting off expenses to future generations, and now the chickens...
LIBERALS HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR COURTS IN CRISIS, CANCELLED TRIALS
February 16, 2012
  Chilliwack has longest trial delays in B.C. VICTORIA – New Democrats held the Liberal government to account this week for the crisis they have created in our courtrooms, with delayed and cancelled trials allowing criminals to walk free. On Thursday in the legislature, New Democrat solicitor general critic Kathy Corrigan raised concerns that Chilliwack, specifically, has the longest trial delays among B.C.’s provincial courts. “On average there is a 16-month...
AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT CONDEMNS LIBERAL INACTION ON FOREST HEALTH
February 16, 2012
  VICTORIA –Auditor General John Doyle’s report on forestry Thursday is an utter condemnation of the failure by the Liberals to address the growing crisis in forest health, say the New Democrats. “The auditor general’s report clearly confirms what independent experts and even their own ministry officials have been saying for years,” said New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix, “that our publicly owned forests are in terrible shape and that the government...

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