Harry Bains's News
June 7, 2007
May 31, 2007 SURREY – Upon learning that Paul Callow, termed as the “balcony rapist” is moving back to Surrey, Surrey Newton NDP MLA Harry Bains has written a letter to the RCMP asking what measures have been put in place to prepare the community for the move. Harry BainsBains has been vocal about the need to protect the community since Callow first moved to the Surrey Newton area from Ontario in February. A copy of the letter is attached.
May 23, 2007
New Democrat MLAs from Surrey and Delta today challenged the four local B.C. Liberal MLAs to follow in the Opposition’s footsteps and vote to defeat the proposed MLA pay increase legislation (Bill 37).The proposed B.C. Liberal legislation, which is expected to be put to a vote some time next week, will see Premier Gordon Campbell’s salary go up by 54 per cent and the MLAs’ base salary by 29 per cent. In the event that the government manages to pass the bill, every member of the NDP caucus has...
April 26, 2007
VICTORIA -- B.C.’s Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell has finally confirmed that Surrey’s former Barkel Business College, owned by a prominent B.C. Liberal supporter Bob Cheema, is being referred to the RCMP for investigation, said Victoria - Hillside MLA Rob Fleming.Rob FlemingFleming is now demanding that Minister Coell protect students in collections from his Ministry for student loans that the college had directly remitted to its bank account but which students never received.“Former...
April 17, 2007
VICTORIA – New Democrat MLAs continued to press the Campbell government today to come clean on the “world-class cost overruns” in the Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project (VCCEP) that are the result of mismanagement by friends and political insiders of Gordon Campbell. Tourism Critic Norm Macdonald challenged the Campbell Liberals to come clean on the actual costs of the convention centre overrun, which is nearing $400 million. The Minister of Tourism has chosen to protect Liberal...
March 13, 2007
VICTORIA -- Today, New Democrat MLA Harry Bains introduced a private member’s bill in the B.C. Legislature aimed at providing adequate compensation to manufactured home owners facing eviction notices following the park owner’s decision to redevelop their home park. Harry Bains“In 2002, the B.C. Liberals watered down the rights of manufactured home owners by drastically reducing the compensation package for moving expenses arising from the redevelopment of manufactured home parks,”...
March 12, 2007
VICTORIA – After attending a weekend meeting in Surrey discussing farm worker safety issues, New Democrat Leader Carole James today called on the B.C. Liberals to act immediately to restore protections they took away from farm workers in 2001. Carole JamesIn today’s Question Period, which was entirely devoted to farm worker safety concerns, James and several NDP MLAs urged the Campbell Liberals to restore the rights farm workers lost for overtime, holiday pay and the minimum wage. “This...
January 3, 2007
VICTORIA – Premier Campbell’s much publicized conversation on health will exclude many concerned residents in Surrey, say South Fraser Opposition MLAs. Their concern stems from the announcement this week of dates and deadlines for upcoming regional public forums. It turns out that the just-announced deadline to register for the Surrey forum is on December 29th. “I find it no coincidence that participation for the Surrey public forum was announced just before Christmas, with a...
