B.C. NDP

STONE – NDP government tables a pessimistic and uninspiring budget

March 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson IF YOU WERE EXPECTING bold action and a bit of hope for the future in the NDP’s seventh budget — David Eby’s first as premier [Continue]

FORSETH – NDP government’s PR department is working overtime

September 19, 2020 // 4 Comments

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, however it sure seems like the provincial government news department is working overtime this week, churning out release after release … [Continue]

STONE – Dark economic storm clouds are thickening on B.C.’s horizon

January 11, 2020 // 5 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson THE BEGINNING OF 2020 marks the fourth calendar year with the NDP government in office and as we look ahead to the start of the new [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Legacies, some expected, some not, inherited by NDP

July 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

THE NDP GOVERNMENT has inherited a number of issues from the BC Liberals; some anticipated and some a complete surprise. One expected problem was B.C.’s medical services [Continue]

KNOX – NDP government will have to disappoint some by saying ‘no’

September 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

THE B.C. SCHOOL Trustees Association is happy about the hundreds of millions for new teachers, but wants more money to build schools. The Wilderness Committee is happy about [Continue]

FORSETH – Can’t support a campaign that resorts to ‘troll truck’ tactics

April 20, 2017 // 8 Comments

A FRIEND and acquaintance asked me yesterday, “If the BC Liberals are Liberals, then why do they use Federal Conservative ‘blue’ so prominently on their [Continue]

ELECTION – Horgan unveils NDP’s bus

April 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

NDP leader John Horgan unveiled his campaign bus today in Vancouver. “As we kick this election campaign into high gear, I’m looking forward to meeting people from all [Continue]

COLLINS – Hard to see anything other than another Liberal government

March 15, 2017 // 1 Comment

Where’s the beef? And where’s the substance to B.C. NDP platform? IN LESS THAN two months, British Columbians will go to the polls to elect a new government. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Cancel tax cuts to the wealthy, provide better health care

March 2, 2017 // 2 Comments

NOTE: ArmchairMayor.ca will publish columns and/or letters from candidates in the provincial election until the writ is dropped. Nancy Bepple is the NDP candidate in [Continue]

HARRISON – Can’t pay for daycare? Wait until you can afford kids

October 24, 2016 // 1 Comment

IT’S LIKELY one of the centre pieces for the NDP’s election campaign in B.C., and it’s one the taxpayer cannot afford, and should not have to pay for. It’s the plan [Continue]

HARRISON – NDP’s criticism of Lake’s fill-in doctor plan is hypocritical

October 11, 2016 // 5 Comments

WOULD WE ever accuse the BC New Democrats of hypocrisy? Only if the shoe fits. Health Critic Judy D’Arcy dismissed measures announced by Health Minister Terry Lake [Continue]

So far, so good for Horgan after Day One

May 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

TUESDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — You’ve got to give John Horgan some credit. He’s stretched coverage of his ascension to leadership of the B.C. New Democrats just [Continue]

Horgan acclaimed leader of B.C. NDP

May 1, 2014 // 1 Comment

NEWS/ POLITICS — John Horgan was acclaimed the new Leader of the B.C. NDP and Opposition Leader today. “Today New Democrats are uniting behind John Horgan’s strong [Continue]