News Release - July 30, 2008

VICTORIA - The Campbell government is so fixated on promoting its new fuel tax that it is unable to hear the widespread public criticism, says NDP energy critic John Horgan.  In the July 30 Kelowna Daily Courier, Small Business and Revenue Minister Kevin Krueger is quoted as saying about the tax:  "I haven't heard any complaints and if there were any, I'd be one of the first to hear about them."

News Release - July 23, 2008

News Release - July 16, 2008
 
VICTORIA - Auditor General John Doyle's report today paints a picture of an arrogant B.C. Liberal government more concerned with acting  on the interests of its corporate donors than protecting the public interest, say the Official Opposition.

And Opposition forestry critic Bob Simpson said the report shows that former forest minister Rich Coleman violated the public trust and should be removed from cabinet.
 

‘If Campbell were serious about climate change, he'd stand by the moratorium," says Horgan

News Release - July 3, 2008

Opposition energy critic John Horgan says it is astounding that Gordon Campbell's new finance minister is continuing to promote offshore oil and gas exploration.

"Campbell's privatization agenda will drive up electricity costs", says Opposition energy critic

News Release - July 2, 2008

As British Columbians get walloped by Gordon Campbell's new fuel tax, Opposition energy critic John Horgan is warning that hydro costs are also on their way up thanks to Campbell's privatization agenda.

News Release - June 29, 2008

The Campbell government has cut special deals with big polluters who will not have to pay the fuel tax, while ordinary consumers will be hit at the pump starting on Canada Day, Opposition energy critic John Horgan said today.

"Big polluters are being let off the hook, while ordinary British Columbians have to pay the fuel tax.  It's one story for the B.C. Liberals' big corporate friends, and another for ordinary British Columbians," said Horgan, the MLA for Malahat-Juan de Fuca.

News Release - June 26, 2008

JOHN HORGAN says it's "striking" to hear Premier Campbell talk about the "need for selflessness when the only people he is asking to pay the bills are the ones who can least afford it."  He claims the "speed at which the Premier is making his decisions in isolation of the realities that ordinary people are facing every day" is at the root of the problem with the carbon tax and suggests latest poll results show the public is shifting away from that position.

News Release - June 24, 2008

Gordon Campbell's claim that B.C.'s largest polluters are contributing their fair share toward fighting climate change is simply not true, say the Official Opposition.

News Release - June 24, 2008

VICTORIA - Opposition MLA John Horgan is calling on the new Forest Minister Pat Bell to separate himself from his predecessor's woeful record by reconsidering the decision to allow the removal of lands from Tree Farm Licenses on western Vancouver Island.

Horgan wrote to Minister Bell today, saying that former minister Rich Coleman's decision to release 28,000 hectares of land from the TFLs in the Jordan River and Shirley areas has had profound effects on the region.

News Release - June 19, 2008

VICTORIA - Opposition MLA John Horgan today urged Forest Minister Rich Coleman to reverse his decision to allow Western Forest Products to sell off thousands of hectares of private lands from Tree Farm Licences on Vancouver Island.  Horgan made the call in reaction to news that WFP had issued layoff notices to 2,000 more forest workers on Vancouver Island.