Jagrup Brar's News
March 20, 2009
VICTORIA – New Democrat MLA Jagrup Brar today set the record straight after the Coalition of B.C. Businesses sent out a press release with incorrect information about the New Democrat policy on minimum wage.Jagrup Brar Earlier today the Coalition incorrectly claimed that Brar had called for the minimum wage to be increased to $11 an hour. “The New Democrat position is clear. We will raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour and index future increases to inflation,” said Brar, the New...
July 3, 2008
SURREY – The day after Gordon Campbell’s new fuel tax drove Surrey gas prices to more than $1.50 per litre, Surrey-Panorama Ridge MLA Jagrup Brar vowed at a rally this morning that the New Democrats will keep fighting the tax. “We’ve taken the Axe the Gas Tax campaign to the streets of Surrey today to bring attention to how the fuel tax is impacting Surrey families whose budgets are already stretched,” said Brar. “People are upset that the fuel tax lets large polluters off the hook, while...
May 28, 2008
VICTORIA – If the 2010 Olympic volunteer centre in Surrey can be fast-tracked, the Campbell government can certainly fast-track the long-awaited outpatient building for Surrey Memorial Hospital, Jagrup Brar said today.Brar’s comments come after the announcement that the city of Surrey will fast-track aJagrup Brar previously planned project in order for it to serve as the Olympic volunteer centre. “While I agree that this venue is good news for Surrey, I am confused how this project can be fast...
May 26, 2008
VICTORIA – News of yet more delays at Surrey Memorial Hospital is yet another Gordon Campbell broken promise to the people of Surrey, NDP Leader Carole James said today.“The people of Surrey need health care, not broken promises,” said James. “TheCarole James original completion date was for 2009. Now the project won’t be completed until 2011. In fact, they haven’t even begun construction.“The people of Surrey have been waiting for the Campbell government to keep their promise and deliver on...
May 15, 2008
Brar encourages him to stick to it this time VICTORIA – MLA Jagrup Brar says he is pleased by Attorney General Wally Oppal’s decision to reverse his government’s previous position and support a New Democrat initiative that would see B.C. issue a formal apology for the tragic Komagata Maru incident. “I was surprised but very pleased that just two days after Mr. Oppal said the Campbell government will not apologize for the Komagata Maru incident, he told the media a formal apology from the...
May 7, 2008
Following information from Statistics Canada showing B.C. had the worst child poverty rate in all of Canada for the fifth year in a row, New Democrat MLA Jagrup Brar grilled the B.C. Liberals in the Legislature for their inaction.Jagrup Brar"Last week a new Statistics Canada report revealed that even though people in B.C. are working hard, they're earning less under Gordon Campbell’s leadership. Now we learn that for the fifth year in a row, B.C. had the worst child poverty rate in all...
April 9, 2008
VICTORIA — Delta North MLA Guy Gentner and Surrey–Panorama Ridge MLA Jagrup Brar condemned the growth in homelessness under the Campbell government that is leading to homeless people appearing in parts of Surrey and Delta that have never experienced this problem.Guy Gentner “We have learned today that the homelessness crisis in Surrey has gone from bad to worse. Today Surrey has only 79 shelter beds for 386 homeless people. That means only 20 percent of homeless people in Surrey have a...
