News
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...
February 27, 2013
By Spencer Chandra Herbert
In what has become an end-of-February tradition, people of all ages across British Columbia have put on pink shirts today and joined together to take a stand against bullying and discrimination. It's a day that reminds us all that each one of us can make a difference, and make our schools and communities more safe and welcoming.
It's also a day to be inspired by the kindness and hope displayed by young people, who, again and again show that they are ready...
February 26, 2013
VICTORIA – In an effort to stop on-the-job harassment and provide better protections for victims, New Democrat MLA Raj Chouhan reintroduced the Workplace Bullying Prevention Act Tuesday in the legislature.
“We keep hearing horror stories involving bullying and harassment, some of them high-profile cases affecting workers in all sectors of the province,” said Chouhan. “It can do immeasurable harm to workers’ well-being and also hurts employers by being bad...
February 25, 2013
Question Period: New Democrats urge Liberals to act on skills shortage
VICTORIA – In Monday's Question Period, New Democrat leader Adrian Dix and advanced education critic Michelle Mungall urged the Liberal government to end their wasteful spending on pre-election advertising and take action to address B.C.'s skills shortage.
"This government's own labour market outlook makes it clear that access to higher education is more important than ever, with 80 per cent of new...
February 25, 2013
By Bruce Ralston
The B.C. Liberal government’s budget tabled last week is not a balanced budget. It is a bogus budget, filled with accounting tricks, unrealistic revenue projections, and unsustainable expenditures in areas that support British Columbians like health care, postsecondary education, and skills training.
In reality, this is the fifth deficit budget in a row tabled by the Liberals.
This budget relies on nearly $800 million from a fire sale of B.C.’s valuable land...
