John Horgan's News
October 27, 2010
VICTORIA – The sudden merger of the forestry and mining portfolios will only foster chaos in two important resource industries, say the New Democrats.Norm Macdonald "Merging these two ministries will lead to even more chaos at a time when forestry and the land base need stability," said New Democrat forest critic Norm Macdonald. "This was done without consultation with stakeholders and without consideration for the impact this will have on the ability of the public service to do their jobs...
October 8, 2010
VICTORIA — The Sooke school district's presentation to the provincial finance committee this week serves as a reminder of the importance of moving forward with the Belmont High School replacement project, say Westshore New Democrat MLAs John Horgan and Maurine Karagianis.John Horgan "The Sooke school district encompasses five municipalities, and all of them are standing together to make the point that we simply cannot wait any longer to move forward with the replacement of Belmont Secondary...
October 4, 2010
VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberals’ plan to force B.C. Hydro to rush into spending $1 billion to install “smart” hydro meters in every B.C. home by 2012 is a disaster waiting to happen, says New Democrat energy critic John Horgan.John Horgan “Recent evidence from Ontario’s smart meter experiment show more than 80 per cent of people are actually paying more, not less, under time-of-use billing using smart meters,” said Horgan. “We are poised to make exactly the same mistakes here in B.C. “By...
September 8, 2010
VICTORIA – The shocking revelation that the B.C. Liberals spent more than $360,000 for a flashy announcement that the controversial Site C dam proposal would go ahead to the next stage shows this is a government in chaos that has no qualms about using public money to save their own skin, say New Democrats.John Horgan “It is truly appalling to see the amount of public money the B.C. Liberals are flushing down the toilet, or literally shredding in some cases,” said John Horgan, New Democrat...
August 27, 2010
VICTORIA — Word that the Waneta Expansion Project will go ahead is great news for residents of the Kootenays, providing many jobs and a boost to the local economy, but the B.C. Liberals made a bad deal for the long-term health of the region, say New Democrats.Katrine Conroy “I’ve been saying for a long time that this project needs to happen. All the environmental assessments and agreements with First Nations are in place, and we’re looking at a lot of good, family-supporting jobs for the...
July 6, 2010
VICTORIA – The B.C. Transmission Corporation moved back under B.C. Hydro control Monday, seven years after the B.C. Liberals tore apart the Crown corporation. The move marks the end of an expensive failed experiment and proves that the B.C. Liberals should not be making important energy decisions without public scrutiny, say New Democrats.John Horgan “Under new energy legislation, the B.C. Liberals have taken away virtually all independent oversight around energy issues from the B.C....
June 1, 2010
VICTORIA – New Democrats are vowing to fight the B.C. Liberals’ Clean Energy Act in the legislature this week. The bill would allow $10 billion in spending without appropriate public oversight, remove consumer protection from unnecessary hydro rate hikes and shift more of British Columbians’ money into the hands of private power companies, say New Democrats.John Horgan “You don’t have to dig very deep to see that behind this legislation is an agenda to put public money directly into the...
