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KELOWNA–It’s time for Christy Clark to take control of pipeline decisions by withdrawing from the agreement that gives Ottawa control pipeline decisions, say BC’s New Democrats.

“The BC Liberals gave up BC’s say over the environmental assessments of oil pipelines by handing it over to Ottawa,” says Carole Gordon, the BC NDP candidate in Westside-Kelowna. “Premier Clark has an opportunity to protect our province’s interests by withdrawing from the Ottawa-run review process and committing to made-in-BC assessments of major pipeline projects.”

Vancouver – New Democrat leader Adrian Dix challenged Premier Clark to reverse hefty pay raises for political staff and ensure they have to abide by the same mandate her government is imposing on public sector wages as a whole.

“It is simply wrong for the Liberal government to award large pay increases to political insiders at the same time they are continuing to demand restraint in all other public sector bargaining and imposing wheelchair fees on vulnerable seniors,” said Dix. “This is another blatant case where the Premier breaks rules that apply to everyone else.

VICTORIA – The first act of Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals upon re-election was to approve big taxpayer-funded raises for key political staff, say the New Democrats.

“Premier Clark has claimed that her priority is controlling spending. But already she is signing off on self-congratulatory raises for her political operatives,” said New Democrat house leader John Horgan. “Combined with the appointment of a larger cabinet and 14 parliamentary secretaries, it's clear this government’s message of fiscal restraint and spending control is a farce.”