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June 30, 2009

Canada Day is a time for all Canadians to come together and celebrate the things that make our country great. read more

June 30, 2009

The results of the 2009 Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) show that close to two-thirds of all B.C. students in grades 4 and 7 are meeting or exceeding achievement levels in reading read more

June 23, 2009

The number and value of major construction projects planned or underway across British Columbia increased during the first quarter of 2009. read more

June 19, 2009

At the 2009 Western Premiers’ Conference, premiers agreed to work in partnership with the federal government to make employment insurance fair for all Canadians. read more

June 19, 2009

National Aboriginal Day, June 21, is an important opportunity for all Canadians to take stock of not only how far we have come as a country, but also to think about how B.C.'s New Relationship with First Nations will be viewed by the rest of the world. read more

June 11, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell made the following statement to commemorate the National Day of Reconciliation. read more

June 10, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell has appointed a new cabinet to build a strong economic future, capitalize on hosting the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and seize emerging global opportunities as Canada’s Pacific Gateway. read more

June 01, 2009

Updated statistics for Vancouver’s Downtown Community Court reveal the courtroom concluded 1,273 cases between last September and April 2009. read more

May 22, 2009

The Province will develop a new fencing program to protect livestock along highway and rail corridors, and create a new Ranching Task Force to support the province’s ranching industry. read more

May 13, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell thanked supporters, candidates and all British Columbians last night for electing a BC Liberal government to a third term. read more

May 11, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell led British Columbians today in making a mass, simultaneous digital push to get out the vote for the provincial election on Tuesday, May 12. read more

May 10, 2009

Carole James must immediately apologize to British Columbians and our athletes after showing a complete lack of judgement by posing in questionable photos and promoting anti-Olympic messages on the NDP’s photo website. read more

May 10, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell made the following statement today congratulating the Kelowna Rockets for winning the Western Hockey League championship: read more

May 09, 2009

Carole James’ credibility and leadership sustained a further blow today with local mayors and former NDP Premier Mike Harcourt coming out against her climate plan in the critical, final days of the provincial election. read more

May 09, 2009

In the final days of the election, the NDP continues to squander their chance to come clean on the true impacts of their tax-and-spend budget plan. read more

May 07, 2009

The NDP announced the final component of their Energy Plan today – completing their total ban on virtually every form of energy production invented to date. So far this campaign Carole James and the NDP have announced their intention to ban or put out of business run-of-river, solar, bioenergy, geothermal, tidal, wind, oil and gas and now coalbed gas (CBG). These industries employ thousands of British Columbians and generate billions in investment – with the potential for more jobs and investment in the future – yet the NDP platform will shut them all down. read more

May 07, 2009

A BC Liberal government will work with cattle ranchers across the province to develop a new fencing program that will protect livestock along the province’s highways and railway corridors and establish a new task force to support ranchers. read more

May 07, 2009

The NDP is now resorting to blatant dishonesty to try and hide the damage Carole James and the NDP will do to the economy and the job losses that will result from their reckless forestry policies. read more

May 07, 2009

NDP leader Carole James should immediately strip Cariboo North NDP candidate Bob Simpson of his forests critic role after he made dishonest, reckless comments to a forestry trade journal, accusing B.C. companies of breaking the law and encouraging U.S. companies to sue them, putting thousands of workers' jobs at risk, says BC Liberal Forests Minister Pat Bell. read more

May 06, 2009

The NDP’s announcement that they will move ahead with rail bed and track improvements on Vancouver Island is yet another unfunded commitment that the NDP have no ability to actually deliver on. Let’s look at what the NDP said and contrast it with the facts: read more

May 05, 2009

VANCOUVER – NDP candidate Bob Simpson’s lack of understanding of B.C.’s mining industry, coupled with the NDP’s reckless, job-killing policies, will put the B.C. mining industry and thousands of family-supporting jobs in rural B.C. at risk, says BC Liberal Energy Minister Blair Lekstrom. read more

May 05, 2009

NDP Leader Carole James tried to spin her reckless job killing platform in BC's Northwest yesterday, where she provided no new ideas on how to protect B.C. employees during the global economic downturn and position British Columbia to lead North America out of the economic challenges. Instead, she continued her dishonest attacks and didn't address the concerns British Columbians have about their and their families' economic future. read more

May 04, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell urged over 1,200 under-40 professionals attending a networking event tonight to join him in making Canada’s largest-ever call to ‘get out the vote’ for the May 12 provincial election. read more

May 04, 2009

During challenging economic times, B.C. forest industry leaders are calling for stability and certainty, but NDP candidates are putting the sustainability of forest communities at risk by threatening to tear up the Softwood Lumber Agreement. read more

May 04, 2009

At a time when British Columbians expect political parties to strengthen crime laws, it was revealed today that the Carole James NDP are actively campaigning against changes to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act which would result in mandatory jail time for producing and selling illegal drugs, putting gangsters behind bars. read more

May 04, 2009

The NDP must come clean on their true position on legalizing drugs in British Columbia, says Vancouver-Kensington BC Liberal candidate Syrus Lee. read more

May 03, 2009

At a time when British Columbians are concerned about their jobs, NDP leader Carole James failed to put forth a single new idea in the televised leaders’ debate this evening. Instead, James continued to re-iterate the same unfocused, reckless and confused job-killing policies. read more

May 03, 2009

The NDP’s proposal for a one-time “tax holiday” for small business will do nothing to address the crippling effects of the NDP’s additional new taxes and wage policies that could result in hundreds of business closures and layoffs for thousands of workers, says Finance Minister Colin Hansen. read more

May 02, 2009

Today on CKNW NDP candidate Bruce Ralston continued the NDP’s failed defence of their $412 million flaring gas tax problem. read more

May 02, 2009

Following recent confessions that they did not understand their own tax proposals, it is time for the NDP to publicly admit that their platform lacks credibility and, if implemented, would result in devastating job losses in B.C.’s most critical industries, says Finance Minister Colin Hansen. read more

May 02, 2009

A re-elected BC Liberal government will team up with Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Corporation of Delta to build a state-of-the-art National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC) in Delta, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today. read more

May 02, 2009

The BC Liberals are committed to putting a new, retractable roof on BC Place Stadium. The new roof will help attract more events, increase revenues and serve as home for the new Vancouver Whitecaps MLS franchise in 2011. The new roof and other renovations will create 2,500 jobs and bring almost $100 million in additional economic benefit to the region for hotels, taxis, restaurants and other tourism-dependent businesses. read more

May 01, 2009

The NDP’s new tax on beer, wine and spirits is yet another sign that the NDP is putting their high-tax policies and anti-private sector ideology before jobs and fairness for consumers, said Minister Rich Coleman today. read more

May 01, 2009

An NDP candidate has confirmed that Carole James and the NDP are once again considering the introduction of a “death tax” to pay for the excessive spending in their platform, says BC Liberal candidate for Abbotsford West Mike de Jong. read more

April 30, 2009

The revelation that NDP candidate Doug Routley was under investigation by the RCMP and a special prosecutor earlier this year is raising serious questions for NDP leader Carole James. read more

April 29, 2009

Carole James’ announcement that she would acquire “12,000 hectares of forest land sold-off to private interests by the Campbell government” is both dishonest and completely disingenuous. read more

April 29, 2009

The NDP removed their party logo and branding from at least two U.S.-style attack advertisements currently running on television in their continued attempt to cover up their negative campaign strategy from voters, says Minister Mike de Jong. read more

April 29, 2009

Red-faced NDP brass have admitted that the $412-million, job-killing tax on gas flaring in their platform was flawed; sourced from a report they hadn’t read; and that they had no clear idea what they were taxing or who to collect that tax from. read more

April 28, 2009

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it’s hard to be flattered when Carole James and the NDP steal the BC Liberal transit plan outright. Today Carole James made a series of embarrassing and disingenuous re-announcements attempting to take credit for things the BC Liberals have already announced and the NDP already voted against. read more

April 28, 2009

Prince George-Valemount NDP candidate Julie Carew has broken ranks with leader Carole James over the NDP's reckless plan to ban new jobs and investment from independent power projects (IPPs), announcing that she supports IPPs. read more

April 27, 2009

Carole James took time out today to make her first visit to Vancouver’s historic Chinatown where she promised new funds for the community’s revitalization. read more

April 26, 2009

A Prince George NDP candidate has confirmed Carole James and the NDP still want to recklessly jeopardize the Softwood Lumber Agreement, even though that position that has been categorically rejected by major forest industry leaders. read more

April 25, 2009

Kootenay East BC Liberal candidate Bill Bennett is calling on NDP candidate Troy Sebastian to stand up for Elk Valley communities and against his leader Carole James for the NDP plan which will result in the layoff of up to 60,000 British Columbians in rural, resource dependent communities. read more

April 25, 2009

Carole James was touring the Kootenays today claiming the NDP would “strengthen the relationship” with local government. read more

April 23, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell announced a commitment to a pilot project that will expand access to HIV and AIDS drugs to the street-involved population in downtown Prince George and Vancouver’s downtown eastside. The program will decrease AIDS related suffering and further prevent the spread of HIV disease. read more

April 23, 2009

Today Carole James told CKNW listeners during the Leader’s Debate that the NDP supports the Port Mann Bridge and that the NDP was responsible for transit being part of the project. read more

April 23, 2009

On the same day NDP leader Carole James tried to mislead voters that her party always supported the Port Mann bridge, a Surrey NDP candidate is calling for a read more

April 23, 2009

NDP Leader Carole James hit new depths of dishonesty in today’s CKNW radio debate, claiming the NDP campaign was not engaging in negative attacks and misleading British Columbians by claiming it was the NDP who made transit part of the new Port Mann Bridge. read more

April 22, 2009

We already knew the NDP is opposed to clean energy projects. Today we learned that Carole James has never taken the time to visit even one of the clean energy projects she now wants to ban. read more

April 22, 2009

A second NDP MLA has broken with his party and is endorsing local independent power producers (IPPs) at the same time NDP leader Carole James is touring renewable energy projects she wants to close down, says Environment Minister Barry Penner. read more

April 22, 2009

Carole James has confirmed she has plans to introduce new taxes on the B.C. forest industry but refuses to say until after the election how high those taxes will be. read more

April 22, 2009

A letter released today shows that an NDP MLA has been secretly endorsing local independent power producers (IPPs) in his community while NDP leader Carole James has been hypocritically campaigning against them, Environment Minister Barry Penner said today. read more

April 22, 2009

Since forming government in 2001, the BC Liberal Government has put in place a sustainable plan to address climate change, protect sensitive lands, preserve marine and wildlife habitat, and improve water and air quality in every region of the province. read more

April 21, 2009

Comments in the wake of the NDP’s Facebook fiasco prove once again that after weeks of talking the talk on technology and social networking, the NDP and their values are truly out-of-step with regular British Columbians. read more

April 21, 2009

Carole James should reflect on her record and the facts before spreading more misinformation and dishonesty about private clinics in B.C. read more

April 20, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell joined tourism industry officials today to celebrate the opening of the new $4.6-million B.C. Visitor Centre @ Peace Arch. read more

April 20, 2009

Premier Gordon Campbell today laid out a comprehensive BC Liberal trade strategy founded on forging stronger national and global connections to build economic opportunity, attract investment and create B.C. jobs. read more

April 18, 2009

Carole James continues her dishonesty with forest dependent communities with claims that raw log exports are rising. And her vague commitment to further tax and restrict log exports puts jobs at risk. read more

April 17, 2009

The new, 10-lane Port Mann Bridge will open in December 2012 – a full year earlier than originally expected, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today. read more

April 17, 2009

A BC Liberal government will ensure every worker who contributes to construction of new, major public structures in British Columbia is permanently recognized for building the infrastructure that keeps B.C. strong, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today. read more

April 16, 2009

A new report released today by the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NREE) provides more evidence that the BC Liberal plan is the right approach to combating climate change, said Environment Minister Barry Penner. read more

April 15, 2009

VANCOUVER– Premier Gordon Campbell today released the BC Liberal's election platform to move B.C. forward with proven leadership, prudent management and targeted investments that will create jobs and build stability and confidence in the provincial economy. read more

April 14, 2009

With the issuing of the election writ today, B.C. voters will now decide on May 12 who is best to lead British Columbia forward through difficult economic times. read more

April 14, 2009

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April 04, 2009

The NDP's reckless call for a trade war with the United States puts the future of the B.C. forest sector at grave risk, along with exports to other countries, says Forests Minister Pat Bell. read more

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it’s hard to be flattered when Carole James and the NDP steal the BC Liberal transit plan outright. Today Carole James made a series of embarrassing and disingenuous re-announcements attempting to take credit for things the BC Liberals have already announced and the NDP already voted against. read more