John Horgan's News
March 21, 2013
VICTORIA – A week after the release of the report into the Liberals’ quick wins scandal, British Columbians are asking if any of John Dyble’s six recommendations have been acted on.
“The premier promised that she would take quick action on Mr. Dyble’s report, but has since gone back to campaigning and ignoring that this scandal ever happened,” said New Democrat opposition house leader John Horgan.
“The quick wins scandal showed that the Liberals were...
March 14, 2013
VICTORIA – New Democrats are calling for an immediate, broader independent investigation to truly get to the bottom of the Liberals’ “quick win” scandal after an internal report released Thursday raised more questions than answers.
“The investigation out of the premier’s office was substantive in that it found very significant and serious violations occurred,” said New Democrat house leader John Horgan. “But the report acknowledges the...
March 12, 2013
VICTORIA – New Democrats challenged the Liberal government to cancel its pre-election ad campaign and divert the $17 million budget to the real priorities of British Columbians like literacy services.
In question period Tuesday, the New Democrats confirmed the Liberal government intends to carry its pre-election ad campaign right up until the official election campaign begins April 16.
New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix, who last month proposed legislation to restrict government advertising...
March 6, 2013
VICTORIA – Only a thorough and independent investigation will get to the bottom of the allegations swirling around Jobs Minister Pat Bell and Justice Minister Shirley Bond relating to the assembly of property for the Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George, New Democrats say.
In the legislature Wednesday, New Democrat House Leader John Horgan revealed a document from the CEO of the Northern Development Initiative Trust that states that Ministers Bell and Bond – two highly...
March 4, 2013
VICTORIA – New Democrats pressed the Liberal government for a complete and independent investigation into a multicultural outreach strategy that directed taxpayer-funded resources to the partisan purposes of the B.C. Liberal Party.
Opposition critics, led by New Democrat leader Adrian Dix, used question period Monday to examine the role of the premier’s office into the scandal, which cost the premier’s deputy chief of staff her job, as well as the multiculturalism minister his...
February 28, 2013
VICTORIA – New Democrats sent a letter to the Deputy Minister to the Premier asking him to release the terms of reference and scope of his investigation into the abuse of government resources for Liberal partisan purposes.
"While we believe the investigation into the partisan political direction given to public service staff should be done independently, it's clear the Liberals are determined to bury this investigation by having the premier's office investigate itself,"...
February 27, 2013
VICTORIA— New Democrats have revealed a secret Liberal plan, hatched in the Premier's Office, that again uses tax dollars for partisan political activities, this time to assist the Liberal Party’s pre-election ethnic outreach efforts.
New Democrat House Leader John Horgan led the charge in question period by grilling the government on a leaked Liberal plan, a key goal of which is “creating a contact database” for the Liberal Party via “coordination between...
