News Release - 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.

News Release - June 1, 2010

VICTORIA - The Official Opposition 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 the Official Opposition.

News Release - May 7, 2010

VICTORIA - The Official Opposition is pleased that the B.C. Liberals have promised to shelve a private power project that threatened to devastate a huge swath of wilderness on B.C.'s mid-coast.

Under questioning in the legislature on Wednesday by Opposition MLA for North Island Claire Trevena, Environment Minister Barry Penner promised not to allow the Klinaklini River private power project go ahead.

News Release - May 5, 2010

VICTORIA - MLA John Horgan will be visiting the Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre at 9:30am on Thursday, May 6^th to pick out the heels he will be wearing in next week's Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.

News Release - Apr. 29, 2010

VICTORIA - The introduction of the Clean Energy Act has gutted the regulatory powers of the B.C. Utilities Commission, and will lead to further rate increases for B.C. Hydro customers, say the Official Opposition.