Spencer Chandra Herbert's News
May 5, 2011
VICTORIA— New Democrat MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert is taking action to protect families who live in rental housing by introducing legislation to stop landlords from using phony renovations as a way to evict tenants and raise rents.
"The Residential Tenancy Amendment Act is needed to protect families who rent from unscrupulous landlords who are exploiting loopholes in our current laws to evict renters on false pretences for the sole purpose of jacking up rents way above the legal...
April 20, 2011
VANCOUVER –Vancouver City Council's unanimous rejection of the proposed casino expansion is an indictment of the B.C. Liberals' mismanagement of gaming in this province, say the B.C. New Democrats.
“By voting against the casino expansion, the council sent a clear message that they are not taking part in the B.C. Liberals' failed approach to gaming expansion and problem gambling,” said Shane Simpson, New Democrat critic for Housing and Social Development....
April 4, 2011
VANCOUVER– Despite promises to protect the homeless in this province, the B.C. Liberals have only provided a band-aid solution. Hundreds of vulnerable people will be forced back out onto the streets on April 30 when the current funding for temporary winter shelters ends, say New Democrats.
Last fall housing minister Rich Coleman agreed to fund four Temporary Winter Response Shelters. These shelters would house the hundreds of homeless living in Vancouver and protect them from extreme...
March 24, 2011
VICTORIA — B.C. Liberal Premier Christy Clark endorsed a $21 million cut to community gaming grants and failed to restore eligibility for hundreds of organizations when she chose to restore less than half of what was cut from the grants that support non-profit organizations across the province, New Democrats said today.
"This has to be very disappointing to charities and non-profits across B.C. who rely on gaming grants to support their services. They had hoped that Premier Clark...
February 22, 2011
VANCOUVER – Saturday’s power outage at St. Paul’s Hospital highlights how the failure of the B.C. Liberals to renew the hospital is putting patients at risk, say the New Democrats.
The hospital went completely dark Saturday evening before the backup generators kicked in.
“For years, New Democrats have been calling for significant improvements to St. Paul’s, but the B.C. Liberals – including two current leadership candidates who have held the health...
February 11, 2011
VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberals are creating yet more uncertainty for B.C.’s non-profit sector by continuing to speak out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to gaming grants, say New Democrats.Shane Simpson “Community groups in Prince George understand that Rich Coleman has promised them he would be restoring gaming grants to their previous level of $159 million. But on the same day, community groups in Kamloops and Kelowna are desperately looking for new ways to raise money because...
January 20, 2011
VANCOUVER – The Pacific Salmon Foundation and Fraser Basin Council conducted a poll this week and found that 85 per cent of British Columbians support pacific salmon becoming B.C.’s provincial fish, following suit with a motion put forward by New Democrat MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert in the legislature last spring.Spencer Chandra Herbert
In the poll, 95 per cent of British Columbians surveyed recognize pacific salmon as B.C.’s most “iconic fish.”
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