The BC NDP Tourism Critic is taking his fight to find out the actual costs of BC Place renovations to the Province's Auditor General. Spencer Chandra-Herbert has written a letter to John Doyle, filing an official complaint to have him investigate. Chandra-Herbert says it's not just about the original estimate coming in more than five times over … [Read more...]
BC NDP Tourism Critic wants Auditor General to investigate BC Place renovation costs
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NDP health critic unimpressed with minister’s response to Burnaby Hospital controversy
November 11, 2012 by
The NDP health critic is hitting out at BC Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid's response to a leaked document indicating Liberal partisanship on a committee that looked into the future of Burnaby Hospital. Mike Farnworth isn't impressed with MacDiarmid's attempt to distance the Liberal government from documents which point to Liberal … [Read more...]
NDP Children and Family critic demands change to deal with child poverty
September 27, 2012 by
The NDP are condemning the provincial government for aborting the fall sitting of the legislature after the latest update on child poverty in BC. Children and Family critic Claire Trevena says the report shows politicians need to be working on solutions in Victoria. She calls a disproportionately large number of first nations kids … [Read more...]
NDP Finance critic wants the deficit confusion cleared up quickly
July 26, 2012 by
The NDP's Finance critic wants clarity when it comes to BC's deficit. Bruce Ralston isn't pointing fingers but says the Public Sector Accounting Board needs to make a decision. "I think what the public expects is they expect accuracy and clarity and thats a reasonable expectation so it needs to be resolved one way or the other and … [Read more...]
NDP Public Safety critic says latest RCMP controversy could impact trust among women
July 6, 2012 by
The NDP's Public Safety critic is questioning how women can trust the RCMP or individual officers after one posed for pictures on a sexual torture website. Kathy Corrigan says the latest black eye for the mounties could prevent victims of abuse from going to police. "When you have people particularily women trusting the RCMP in a lot … [Read more...]
Education critic says “law is the law” for Cowichan School District
July 2, 2012 by
The NDP's education critic says he can sympathize with the Cowichan Valley board of education. Trustees were fired yesterday, after failing to balance the budget for the upcoming school year, as required by the Schools Act.Robin Austin was asked if he would have done the same thing. "I can, at least, accept the frustration of the Cowichan School … [Read more...]
Raises handed out at CLBC irk the NDP critic
June 20, 2012 by
The NDP's CLBC critic is slamming pay raises being handed out to Community Living BC executives. Nicholas Simons says those are the same executives who denied the agency had any problems even as stories were being trotted out in the media. "....the bonus structure, I think is just a symptom of a problem in that agency and I think that … [Read more...]
Critic finds tourism numbers hard to believe
June 5, 2012 by
Predictions of a hundred thousand jobs in the tourism sector and the plan to fill them has the NDP accusing the BC Government of being confused. Tourism critic Spencer Chandra-Herbert says bringing in more immigrants to fill the jobs doesn't make sense, "Meanwhile, the immigrants who have arrived here are getting there adult basic education … [Read more...]
The NDP’s Energy critic accuses the Premier of “making it up as she goes along”
May 24, 2012 by
The NDP's Energy critic is shaking his head over the Premier's comments on her government's decision to over rule the BC Utlities Commission. John Horgan says it simply wasn't accurate for the premier to say the BCUC wanted to hike hydro rates by 50%, when it was BC Hydro applying for a 32% increase. Horgan says her comments on … [Read more...]
West Coast Fisheries and Oceans Critic disputes claims of consultation on cuts to marine services
May 18, 2012 by
The NDP's critic for West Coast Fisheries and Oceans disputes the Harper government's claims of widespread consultation before cuts were made to marine services in BC. BC's top cabinet minister in Ottawa, James Moore, says the cuts to the Kitsilano Coast Guard station and marine communication centres shouldn't have come as a surprise. Vancouver … [Read more...]
