News Release - January 15, 2010
VICTORIA - A major shift in how B.C. Hydro contracts are awarded could force the closure of more than 30 small businesses around the province, costing dozens of family-supporting jobs, the New Democrats said today.
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B.C. LIBERALS FAILING TO ENSURE FIRST NATIONS ARE ADEQUATELY CONSULTED ON TRANSMISSION LINE: NDP
News Release - January 15, 2010
VICTORIA - The B.C. Liberal government must take steps to ensure First Nations are adequately consulted before hydro transmission lines are erected on their traditional territory, say the Official Opposition.
The B.C. Transmission Corporation is considering a transmission line known as the Interior to Lower Mainland line, running from Merritt to Coquitlam. More than two dozen First Nations have made submissions to the B.C. Utility Commission noting that their concerns have not been adequately addressed.
NEW DEMOCRATS AND ENVIRONMENT GROUPS CALLING FOR RESPONSIBLE CLEAN ENERGY PLAN
News Release - December 17, 2009
VICTORIA - Clean energy recommendations delivered today by an alliance of many of the province's top environmental organizations are a positive start to a conversation about the future of energy policy in British Columbia, say the Official Opposition.
B.C. LIBERALS APPOINT FRIENDS AND INSIDERS TO ENERGY TASK FORCE
News Release - November 21, 2009
VICTORIA - By appointing friends and insiders to the Energy Task Force, the BC Liberals have made it clear the initiative is about little more than justifying their plan to line the pockets of private power producers, say the Official Opposition.
BC LIBERAL GOVERNMENT PUTS PLAN TO PRODUCE CLEAN, GREEN PUBLIC POWER IN JEOPARDY
News Release - November 6, 2009
VICTORIA- The B.C. Liberal government is putting a clean, green public energy project in jeopardy so they can justify buying expensive electricity from their private power industry friends and donors, say New Democrats.
B.C. LIBERALS ABANDON VICTORIA BY REFUSING TO FUND JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE
News Release - October 30, 2009
B.C. LIBERALS DELAY B.C. UTILITIES COMMISSION INQUIRY TO STACK THE DECK FOR INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS
News Release - October 20, 2009
VICTORIA- The B.C. Liberal government is interrupting a major review of British Columbia's transmission system to stack the deck in favour of their friends and donors in the private energy sector, says Opposition energy critic John Horgan.
"This latest decision to change the rules of an inquiry into taxpayer-funded infrastructure halfway through the process is more evidence that the B.C. Liberals want to muzzle our independent energy watchdog," said Horgan.
GOVERNMENT MAKES MONEY WHILE RESIDENTIAL CARE RATES INCREASE
News Release - October 9, 2009
VICTORIA - Beginning January 2010, seniors in residential care facilities will be paying more -- $53.7 million more. "The BC Liberal government's latest move to increase revenues comes at the expense of our province's most vulnerable seniors," said John Horgan, MLA for Juan de Fuca.
B.C. LIBERALS' BOOSTING OF COASTAL DRILLING IS ENVIRONMENTAL HYPOCRISY
News Release - Sept. 22, 2009
VICTORIA- The B.C. Liberals' post-election renewed push to lift the ban on coastal oil drilling shows their environmental promises during the campaign were nothing more than hot air, say the Official Opposition.
HORGAN CALLS ON PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOREST LAND FIASCO
News Release, August 19, 2009
Victoria - Reacting to an appeal court decision to uphold a Supreme Court ruling on CRD bylaws in the unincorporated areas of the CRD, Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan said it is "time for the provincial government to start talking about solutions to the problems unleashed by the removal of lands from Tree Farm licenses on Vancouver Island."
