April 18, 2024

NDP wants government to pause sale of liquor distribution services

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 … [Read more...]

BC’s Transportation Minister says Translink expansion is on pause, not stopped.

Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom says it makes sense for Translink to delay some expansion plans while it awaits the results of a government-ordered audit.  He said "I think to delay it right now is probably a very prudent decision based on the issue that there's an audit coming, we are going to do an audit of Translink, we're gonna work … [Read more...]