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VICTORIA— B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan issued the following statement in response to the news that B.C.’s treaty partners plan to immediately appoint a new Chief Treaty Commissioner: “Christy Clark unilaterally undermined B.C.’s treaty process last year when she …
Op-ed: Who is Premier Clark really working for? Not British Columbians
By John Horgan, leader of B.C.’s New Democrats With less than a year to go before the next election, British Columbians are wondering who Premier Christy Clark is really working for. We just finished the last full legislative session before …
Christy Clark puts British Columbians last in spring legislative session
VICTORIA – As another session of the B.C. legislature wraps up in Victoria, people across the province are left wondering who Premier Christy Clark is really working for, says New Democrat leader John Horgan. “Who is Christy Clark really working …
Horgan says broken Kinder Morgan pipeline approval process not good enough for people of BC
VICTORIA—The rubber-stamp approval by the federal National Energy Board fails to meet the concerns of British Columbians about the proposed Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project, New Democrat leader John Horgan said today. Horgan said the NEB report does not …
Criminal breach of trust charges show that Christy Clark’s priority is Christy Clark, not B.C. families
VICTORIA— Criminal breach of trust charges laid against a top Christy Clark operative show that Premier Christy Clark and her staff have spent the past three years covering their tracks on the so-called Quick Wins Scandal, says New Democrat leader …
MLA George Heyman pushes to protect young people with party bus safety measures
VICTORIA – New Democrat MLA George Heyman tabled legislation to protect young people by making improvements to the safety of the party bus industry in B.C. “Premier Clark has been reluctant to take the kind of action to protect kids …
New Democrats would end public spending on partisan ads
VICTORIA—New Democrats introduced legislation on Wednesday that would end the use of public dollars to fund thinly veiled partisan political advertising by the provincial government. “Everyone remembers the jobs plan ads that cost taxpayers $16.6 million before our last provincial …
B.C. New Democrats take action to protect renters from renovictions
VICTORIA— New Democrat deputy housing spokesperson, Melanie Mark, introduced a bill that would provide renters in B.C. with urgently needed protection from evictions as a result of renovations. “I’ve heard first-hand from British Columbians who have been unfairly evicted from …
New Democrat bill would help protect animals in distress
VICTORIA— New Democrat MLA, Selina Robinson, introduced a bill that would help prevent animals from suffering or dying in vehicles during the heat of summer. “We cannot have another summer with animals dying while left alone in hot vehicles, it …