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BC NDP announces new support for wildfire-impacted families, including those uninsured
SUMMERLAND – A re-elected BC NDP government will take new steps to support families impacted by this summer’s devastating wildfires. The new supports build on programs already available with a specific focus on uninsured properties, and funding to help rebuild essential community...
Eby will take on grocery giants to protect families from rising costs
Plan will cap profits on basics, increase competition, and ban predatory surveillance pricing
KELOWNA – Taking the fight directly to the big grocery giants, David Eby announced another step in his plan to protect families from rising costs. He pledged to crack down on corporate price-gouging and strictly...
Doerkson has the chance to reject homophobia on his team, says Chandra Herbert
B.C. Conservative MLA Heather Maahs has repeatedly conflated homosexuality and pedophilia. In a podcast appearance alongside Barry Neufeld, she said:
“It’s for sure grooming. It desensitizes kids. And it’s all under the name of LGBTQ because it’s boy on boy.”
When the Human Rights Tribunal found...
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...