News Release - September 9, 2009

NELSON - The Environmental Assessment Office's decision to put the brakes on a controversial private power project in the Kootenays is welcome news for local communities concerned about the environmental impacts of the project, say the Official Opposition.

News Release - August 26, 2009

VICTORIA- The B.C. Liberals' post-election energy policy reversal exposes their pre-election lie about energy self-sufficiency, says Opposition energy critic John Horgan.  "Before the election the Liberals told British Columbians that the reason we needed to pay outrageous prices for unreliable power was because we needed to be energy self sufficient," said Horgan. "Now they are trying to tell us that their ‘buy high sell low' policy will be good for taxpayers and BC Hydro."

News Release - July 28, 2009

VICTORIA - The B.C. Utilities Commission's decision to reject the B.C. Liberal plan for more private power is good news for British Columbians concerned about higher electricity rates and for the environment, says Opposition energy critic John Horgan.

Horgan said today's decision backs the Official Opposition's call for a moratorium on private power projects until we have a better understanding of our long-term energy needs.

News Release - July 16, 2009

NELSON - Opposition energy critic John Horgan says he has no doubt that the people of the region are firmly opposed to the Glacier-Howser project after an energetic meeting in Nelson attended by hundreds of concerned citizens.

"The people of this region are saying, no, they are not willing to sacrifice their waterways and wilderness areas to Gordon Campbell's private power producer friends," said Horgan.

News Release - July 16, 2009

NELSON - Hundreds of people from across the Kootenay region joined with Opposition MLA Michelle Mungall on Wednesday night to protect Glacier, Howser, Suck and Behrman creeks from the proposed Glacier-Howser private power project.

"People came away from the meeting energized and ready to take this fight to the next level," said Mungall. "We're ready to protect our region from Gordon Campbell's giveaway of our waterways and wilderness areas."

News Release - July 9, 2009

VICTORIA - Esquimalt-Royal Roads MLA Maurine Karagianis was re-elected by her colleagues as chair of the Opposition's 10-member Vancouver Island Caucus yesterday, and wasted no time putting the Campbell government on notice. "Enough is enough," she said.

June 30, 2009 - Submitted to MapleLine Magazine

News Release - June 24, 2009

Hundreds of concerned citizens pack public meeting against private power project

KASLO - New Democrat MLA Michelle Mungall is urging the Campbell government put the brakes on the controversial Glacier-Howser private power project after more than a thousand people packed a public hearing in Kaslo on Tuesday night.

News Release - April 2, 2009

Gordon Campbell misleading the public about private power

VICTORIA- The California senate's rejection of B.C. electricity shows that Gordon Campbell has been misleading British Columbians about the environmental impacts of run-of-the-river and about the reasons behind the massive expansion of private power production.

News Release - March 26, 2009

VICTORIA - Gordon Campbell's giveaway of our streams and rivers to private power producers is resulting in increased hydro rates for B.C. families, says Opposition Energy Critic John Horgan.

"British Columbians are justifiably upset with Gordon Campbell's plan to privatize B.C. Hydro by stealth," said Horgan. "Hydro rates have been skyrocketing ever since Gordon Campbell started the giveaway of our rivers."