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Doerkson dodges question after question, refuses to rule out Kindy as health minister
After calling a press conference to utter a series of vague platitudes related to the federal government’s pipeline announcement, Interim Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson dodged half a dozen questions from reporters before calling it a day.
He avoided two direct questions about Anna Kindy’s vaccine...
Doerkson must fire candidate who claimed it was better to get sick than to get vaccinated
In a resurfaced video from 2022, MLA Anna Kindy stood on the front steps of the legislature and said vaccines aren’t safe and that herd immunity (just getting COVID) is better than being vaccinated.
Kindy received disciplinary letters from the College of Physicians and Surgeons for her...
Eby’s plan will cut gas prices by up to 30 cents a litre, crack down on gouging
Suspending portion of gas tax, strict pricing rules to save as much as $20 to fill a tank
SURREY – To protect drivers from rising prices at the pumps, David Eby will suspend a portion of the provincial gas tax to provide immediate relief, and he will crack down on corporate price gouging. Taken...
Statement from BC NDP leader David Eby marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day
Today, people across British Columbia and Canada are coming together to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.
This is a day to honour residential school survivors, remember the children who never made it home, and stand with the families and communities who continue to heal...
BC Conservative promise points again to healthcare cuts, higher costs
Today, Lorne Doerkson, Interim Leader of the BC Conservative Party, refused to answer a direct question today about the cost of his cut to PST revenues.
While Doerkson couldn’t answer a basic question about the cost, political commentators...
Doerkson’s three Langley candidates repeated Trump’s false attacks on Canada and personally attacked Carney for his trade war response
LANGLEY– Lorne Doerkson should direct his Langley candidates to retract personal attacks on Carney and their attempts to blame Canada for the trade war, says Langley-Willowbrook B.C. NDP Candidate Andrew Mercier.
Harman Banghu bashed Carney’s Davos speech earlier this year, calling him...
David Eby secures largest private sector investment in Canadian history
Conservatives would undermine Team Canada approach, put projects at risk with chaos
VANCOUVER – David Eby’s BC NDP has secured the largest private-sector investment in Canadian history with the final green light for LNG Canada’s expanded project. For years, the BC NDP worked closely with the federal...
BC Conservatives LNG plan out of step with reality
Today, the BC Conservative Interim Leader Lorne Doerkson pledged to expand LNG production in B.C., but his own targets fall well below the current pace of development.
Doerkson committed to tripling LNG production by 2035.
B.C. currently has five LNG projects either under construction or permitted and...
Eby to double critical mineral exports, expand Port of Prince Rupert
Conservative chaos, cuts put B.C.’s jobs plan at risk
PRINCE RUPERT – Today, David Eby started rolling out his plan to create jobs and grow paycheques, pledging to double critical‑mineral exports within five years and expand the Port of Prince Rupert.
“B.C. has an abundance of...
Doerkson changes his story again on leadership process
Today Interim Leader of the BC Conservatives Lorne Doerkson changed his story on his leadership yet again, contradicting his party's past acknowledgement that a constitutional change was needed, which requires a two-thirds vote of members at a General...
Experts highlight instability of B.C. Conservative leadership position as the party conjures bizarre legal scheme to address it
Yesterday, B.C. Conservative Interim Leader Lorne Doerkson acknowledged that the party’s far-right base would make the final call on party leadership – after British Columbians have voted.
Political scientist Hamish Telford called it a...
Doerkson’s first campaign commitment confirms healthcare to “take the brunt” of their cuts
Today, interim leader of the BC Conservatives, Lorne Doerkson falsely claimed that the BC NDP have “raised taxes against people that are least able to afford it. That has occurred more than 40 times.”
In fact, the typical working family with an income of $100,000 now pays $3,000 less in taxes under the B.C...