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February 19, 2013
VICTORIA – The release of Budget 2013 confirms that the Liberal government has run out of ideas and is not up to the challenges facing British Columbians today, say New Democrats.
"Rather than present a budget that addresses the important issues facing British Columbians today, the Liberals created a document designed to carry them into an election and lacks all credibility," said New Democrat finance critic Bruce Ralston.
"It's 2009 all over again. The Liberals are...
February 18, 2013
VICTORIA – New Democrats challenged the Liberal government to support a made-in-B.C. environmental assessment process that reasserts British Columbia’s jurisdiction and recognizes the challenges of our province’s unique wilderness and coastline.
New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming put forward a motion in the legislature Monday calling for the house to support withdrawing from the equivalency agreement with the federal government, which would return the decision-making...
February 18, 2013
VICTORIA – New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix has introduced a private member’s bill that will end the practice of governments using taxpayer dollars to fund partisan ads and ensure all government advertising is reviewed and approved by the Auditor General.
“The B.C. Liberals should end the outrageous waste of at least $16.6 million in jobs plan advertising and join New Democrats in passing the Government Advertising Act now,” said Dix. “The jobs plan ads, as well as...
February 14, 2013
VICTORIA – New Democrats pressed the Liberal government for answers in the B.C. legislature Thursday about why they have failed to stand up for British Columbia workers seeking positions in B.C. mines.
Jobs minister Pat Bell refused to offer a single substantive answer to questions about why a northern B.C. mine was preparing to hire hundreds of offshore workers even though labour unions have revealed through documents released by court order that there were qualified workers already in B...
February 13, 2013
VICTORIA – During the first question period in almost nine months, B.C.’s New Democrats challenged the premier to end the use of taxpayer dollars on partisan pre-election advertising.
New Democrat leader Adrian Dix released a leaked B.C. Liberal caucus document that shows the government’s taxpayer-funded ad campaign is set to ramp up following the release of the budget next week, with an additional $4.1 million set aside to sell the budget to British Columbians. Dix said the...
February 13, 2013
Victoria - New Democrat leader Adrian Dix announced he will appoint BCIT President Don Wright as Deputy Minister to the Premier in the event the BC NDP forms the next government.
"Don Wright has an impressive track record in the private and public sectors, especially in forestry, post-secondary education and skills training,” said Dix. “He understands government, he understands the economy, and he shares my belief that skills training and inequality are central issues...
February 12, 2013
VICTORIA - New Democrat leader Adrian Dix said the B.C. Liberals' Throne Speech showed a government that is at the end of its mandate and disconnected from the very real challenges facing British Columbians today.
"The Liberals seem to have given up on their own goal of a comprehensive jobs plan, leaving natural gas exports as their only approach to the economy," said Dix. "They have simply given up on sectors like forestry, film and television, high tech and tourism.
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