Sentences with phrase «liberal government»

That, in itself, was an oddity in a country at a time it was becoming normal for government climate policies to be cooked up in the boardrooms of Calgary oil lobby groups, as happened with B.C.'s «climate leadership plan» under former premier Christy Clark's Liberal government.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government has ignored the pleas of thousands of British Columbians and announced it will go ahead with reckless ferry service cuts that will hurt the province's economy and seriously impact coastal communities.

That trading mentality is shared by the Liberal government, who has a history of supporting trade through the negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement to the World Trade Organization negotiations and is committed to debating the merits of the Trans - Pacific Partnership, the details of which were released in early November.

Canada's Liberal government has called for extensive public consultation before deciding if it will ratify the TPP, and International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland has promised to commission an impact study.

They were protesting the Liberal government's decision to allow an «exception» for the auto industry for personal emergency leave (PEL) days.

VICTORIA — The Penelakut First Nation is being held hostage by soaring ferry fares and being ignored by the B.C. Liberal government, say the New Democrats.

«She is living in poverty because the B.C. Liberal government is taking the money her dad pays to support her, and using it to pay for their misguided priorities, like spending more than a million dollars hiring failed B.C. Liberal candidates and giving insiders cushy appointments after the last election.»

Mr. Speaker, this company was selected by the former Liberal government.

The Liberal government plans to launch a 75 - day public consultation process on their proposed changes.

«The Liberal government's...

Freedom of Information requests filed by the New Democrat Official Opposition have revealed that the Christy Clark Liberal government reduced youth addiction treatment spaces by 25 percent after promising in the 2013 election to build more spaces.

The previous Liberal government having increased spending 47 per cent in its last six years in office; the Conservatives having increased spending another 19 per cent in its first three years («good times»), and a further 20 per cent over the next two («bad times»); after doubling spending, in short, in the space of a decade, the government's notion of restraint is more or less to leave it there.

The current legislation the Liberal Government has before the House of Commons would legalize the production, sale and consumption of cannabis.

On the TFSA, recall that in 2016 the new Liberal government in Ottawa dropped the annual amount Canadians could invest in their TFSAs to just $ 5,500 (where the limit remains now) from $ 10,000.

OTTAWA — The country's former chief statistician is casting doubt on the Liberal government's promised commitments to Statistics Canada based on its handling of an issue that forced his sudden departure last week.

«The Liberal government has done more harm than good to B.C.'s mining industry, from cuts leading to disasters to failing on the promise to open eight mines and expand nine by 2015,» said Conroy.

VICTORIA - Last week Mines Minister Bill Bennett seized on a single finding of the expert panel report on the failure of the Mount Polley Tailings Dam to explain away the B.C. Liberal government's responsibility for the significant damage to the...

The foreign buyers» tax was one of 16 measures by the Liberal government aimed at slowing increasingly unaffordable housing in the region.

Workers and unions can play a role in pushing the new Liberal government.

VICTORIA — Fentanyl overdoses are projected to claim a record number of lives in British Columbia this year, but the BC Liberal government has failed to provide adequate, accessible pathways to treatment for people and families desperately seeking mental health and addiction services, said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government is ignoring a report from the City of Prince Rupert that warned that ferry service cuts will do serious and widespread damage to the northern B.C. economy, say the New Democrats.

The B.C. Liberal government has missed deadlines for the past three years, and as a result over 60 per cent of the promised addiction treatment spaces remain unopened.

As the Liberal government pushes to include environmental protection in the free - trade agreement, the Opposition called such a move «virtue signalling.»

A likely culprit is the various policy changes introduced by the liberal government in the package they introduce during their fight of the deficit.

This webinar focuses on the proposed changes to small business taxation by the Liberal Government and how they will impact you.

«This report proves that children are living in poverty because the B.C. Liberal government is clawing back child support from single parent families living on income assistance and disability,» said Mungall.

Although a small surplus was recorded in the first two months of 2017 - 18, monthly deficits are expected for most of the rest of the fiscal year, given the impact of the measures introduced by the Liberal Government since the election of 2015.

In fact, it was a former Liberal government that participated in an extensive and rigorous U.S. - led competitive process between 1997 and 2001, where two bidders developed and competed a prototype aircraft.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government needs to stop driving down ridership on B.C. Ferries by hiking fares, say the New Democrats.

But, all indications from Monday's announcement are that the Liberal government is going all in for the Summers solution.

VICTORIA — As ferry users face another blow to affordability today, New Democrats are calling on the B.C. Liberal government to take action to save B.C.'s critical ferry system.

Whereby the Conservatives charge that «the Liberal government is asking taxpayers for $ 35 billion — which roughly equals $ 1,000 per Canadian — to start a new «infrastructure bank.»

«For more than a decade, the Liberal government has watched as fares have risen, ridership has fallen, and both debt and exorbitant executive salaries ballooned at B.C. Ferries.

An NDP or Liberal government would be a disaster for our economy.

Considerable bad press was generated for Mr. Trudeau and Canada's Liberal government.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government's admission that the mining ministry has been underfunded shows they are bracing for a scathing report this week on the Mount Polley tailings dam failure, said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

VICTORIA — This Victoria Day long weekend, travellers on British Columbia's coast will have to dig a little deeper to pay for the B.C. Liberal government's failure to manage B.C. Ferries, say the New Democrats.

Mungall and Eby said B.C.'s homelessness crisis requires leadership from the B.C. Liberal government.

But the revelation has sparked renewed opposition calls for the Liberal government to provide more information about what the Canadian military is walking into in Mali.

In the wake of media reports about problems at Surrey Memorial Hospital and serious concerns raised by nurses, the B.C. Liberal government announced that it would conduct a review of Fraser Health, producing a three - year strategic plan to be implemented in the new fiscal year.

New Democrat Leader John Horgan explains how the Liberal government promised the cleanest liquefied natural gas industry in the world, but are ignoring 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions from the production.

«Families in B.C. are struggling to make ends meet, and yet the Liberal government is rolling out one fee increase after another while making reckless cuts to services British Columbians depend on.»

BURNABY — New Democrats say a series of troubling recent incidents show how the B.C. Liberal government's changes to emergency response policies are putting patients at risk.

TERRACE — The New Democrats agree with the newly formed Northwest B.C. Resource Benefits Alliance that the B.C. Liberal government should act on their election promise to share Northern resources with Northern communities.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government remains silent on what progress has been made on implementing recommendations from the Missing Women's Inquiry, despite the minister's October timeline to report out, say New Democrats.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government once again racked up failing grades on the West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund's annual women's equality report card, say New Democrats.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said the numbers show the Conservatives have been unable to balance the budget except for the surplus they inherited from the former Liberal government a decade ago.

The Liberals have chosen to invest much more time in electioneering than governing and this is reflected in the lack of leadership we are seeing today in B.C. Everyone from students and families to seniors and skilled workers are facing real challenges with no meaningful support from the B.C. Liberal government.»

Despite the dire state of CIHR funding, the new Liberal government's 2017 budget provided no new funding for CIHR.

«That sent a clear message to potential investors that her Liberal government would become desperate for a deal, putting British Columbia in a weaker bargaining position and threatening our ability to ensure a fair return for the province.»