News Release - October 30, 2009

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.

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.

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.

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."

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 - 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 - 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 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 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.