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 New Democrats.

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

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

News Release - July 2, 2008

As British Columbians get walloped by Gordon Campbell's new fuel tax, New Democrat 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, New Democrat 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 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 New Democrats.

"Right now, Alcan is spewing out carbon emissions and they're not paying a dime for it," said NDP energy critic John Horgan. "Flaring at gas wells accounts for 13.5 per cent of our greenhouse gas emissions, but rather than making them pay for those emissions, the Campbell government is giving them record high subsidies."

News Release - June 24, 2008

VICTORIA - New Democrat 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 - New Democrat 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.

News Release - June 17, 2008 

KELOWNA - New Democrat leader Carole James today launched a campaign to "Axe the Gas Tax" and called on Gordon Campbell to recall the legislature to implement real climate change solutions.

News Release - June 13, 2008

VICTORIA - With gas prices skyrocketing, Gordon Campbell's new fuel tax will hit consumers in the pocketbook without providing any real solutions, the New Democrats said today.

News Release - May 28, 2008

VICTORIA - On the same day the New Democrats raised concerns about an investigation into the Premier's holdings in an energy company, NDP MLA John Horgan introduced tough new conflict of interest legislation."The B.C. Liberals have shown time and again that they reward their friends and insiders," said John Horgan, MLA for Malahat-Juan de Fuca. "I tabled new conflict laws to protect the public interest by ensuring the Premier and his top officials cannot knowingly benefit from their decisions."