News Release - April 22, 2010
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B.C. LIBERALS TRY TO SNEAK THROUGH 29 PER CENT HYDRO RATE HIKE IN PROVINCIAL BUDGET
News Release - Mar. 3, 2010
VICTORIA - The B.C. Liberals are trying to sneak through a 29 per cent electricity rate hike, demanding B.C. Hydro deliver an extra $254 million to government in the next year alone, Opposition energy critic John Horgan said today.
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.
BC Hydro Reversal Exposes Another Liberal Lie
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."
HYPOCRITICAL CAMPBELL GOV'T PROMOTES OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS
‘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 ABANDONS COWICHAN AND MALAHAT COMMUTERS
For Immediate Release
Jan. 25, 2008
VICTORIA - Gordon Campbell has billions of dollars for Vancouver transportation infrastructure, but he continues to abandon Cowichan Valley, Malahat and Capital Region commuters, says Opposition MLA John Horgan.
BC LIBERALS MUST ENDORSE KEMESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT
News Release - September 18, 2007
Opposition Environment Critic Shane Simpson today called on the Gordon Campbell government to endorse the recommendation made by the Kemess Mine Project Review Panel.
In a report released yesterday, the joint federal-provincial panel has ruled that the Northgate Minerals project application for the proposed Kemess North mine not be approved by the provincial and federal governments in order to protect the adjoining Amazay Lake.
