BC NDP leader Adrian Dix says Premier Christy Clark and the BC Liberals have absolutely no mandate to privatize the liquor distribution branch.
Dix says its not just because of serious questions being raised about the request for proposals process, or about BC Liberal ties to companies vying for the 10-year contral.
He says like the HST, it’s another example of the government saying one thing during an election, and doing something else after.
“The leader in the 2009 election of the Liberal Party was Gordon Campbell ..he said he wasn’t going to do this and rejected this idea.”
Dix says the Premier should put the brakes on the idea now and then put in front of voters as an issue in the next provincial election.
“the government is proposing to sign a 10-year contract within weeks of a provincial election…trying to tie the hands, not just of future government, but tie the hands of taxpayers over the next several election cycles.”
Dix says an NDP government would consider back-tracking on any deal signed by the BC Liberals.
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