November 6, 2014 VICTORIA— A report released today shows the B.C. Liberals are failing to manage B.C.’s child and youth protection system. “The B.C. Liberals say what they think people want to hear, then do whatever they want. Their actions …
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Video: Jennifer Rice speaks to the Liquefied Natural Gas tax Act
“The reason the debate is focused on the NDP right now is because they realize that they have been a colossal failure when it comes to the tax regime. This portrayal that we are against it and that we’re against …
Video: Jennifer Rice Speaking on Greenhouse Gases
“I rise today to speak to Bill 2, the Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act. I’d like to start out today with a statement that the Environment Minister has said. She said: “There is no point in establishing an …
B.C.’s teachers deserve our thanks on World Teachers’ Day
VICTORIA – Teachers across British Columbia and in more than 100 countries around the world celebrate World Teachers’ Day on Oct. 5 each year. “This year, more than ever, we thank our public school teachers for standing up for public …
One hard-headed Stone
by Shaun Thomas – The Northern View posted Oct 1, 2014 at 8:00 AM If everyone was as stubborn and hard-headed as Transportation Minister Todd Stone seems to be, this province would be in a lot of trouble. Here you have …
College bursary money benefiting B.C., not former foster care students
By Lori Culbert, Vancouver Sun September 25, 2014 After mounting a successful campaign to provide free post-secondary tuition for foster children, B.C.’s child advocate was appalled to learn the province may claw back the equivalent amount from other support funding …
MLA Jennifer Rice welcomes New Democrat spokesperson for LNG to Prince Rupert
September 9, 2014 PRINCE RUPERT – North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice hosted colleague MLA Bruce Ralston, the New Democrat Official Opposition spokesperson for natural gas development, in Prince Rupert this Monday and Tuesday. “Prince Rupert and the North Coast are integral …
B.C. Liberals putting lives at risk by failing to invest in rural paramedics
August 11, 2014 VICTORIA— The B.C. Liberal government’s failure to improve ambulance service in rural and remote communities is putting lives at risk, say New Democrats. “The untimely death of Skidegate band councillor Godfrey Williams is tragic, and the sad reality …
Fort St. John losing doctors as B.C. Liberals fail to invest in rural health care
June 20, 2014 VICTORIA – While Premier Christy Clark prepares for a photo-op in Dawson Creek this afternoon, New Democrats are reminding her that growing a healthy economy must include providing vital public services like health care. “The premier clearly …
B.C. has more unsolved cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women than any province in Canada
May 16, 2014 VICTORIA— Action is urgently needed given that more Aboriginal women have disappeared without a trace in British Columbia than in any other province, say New Democrats. “There are more than double the number of unsolved cases of …