NDP Caucus Convenes In Prince George

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:01 PM

The entire 33 member Official Opposition has converged on the city

The New Democrat team took in our local team this evening, watching the Prince George Cougars claw their way back from a 3-0 deficit, to settle for a 3-2 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings at the CN Centre.

NDP Leader Carole James says her team made a commitment to reach out to all parts of B.C. during the election and all 33 M.L.A.s are in Prince George for the first caucus meeting outside the Lower Mainland.

James says the critics have been meeting with groups and organizations in their specific critic-areas -- with officials from Tourism Prince George, arts and culture organizations, business groups, people in forest, in education, and labour.

The caucus also hosted a reception this evening for local elected officials -- city councillors, school board trustees, for those with the health region and first nations leaders.

"We're hearing a number of things, certainly people feel positive about the fact that they are benefitting from the oil and gas revenue and the economic development that's occurring in the north and the interior," says James. But she says the NDP caucus is also hearing about infrastructure concerns and concerns over a social issues.

"The thing that people are looking for, really, is long-term sustainable growth, so that they don't see the kind of boom and bust that has occurred before in this part of the province."

James says her party will continue to push the Liberal government to create a long-term economic development fund for the region out of the increase in the annual allowable cut caused by the pine beetle. She says that money should not go into general revenues, but should be targeted to diversifying the economies in the regions affected.

The NDP leader will speak to a Prince George Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Friday.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:01 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: fedup on January 26 2006 4:55 PM

Well where were we when the NDP was in power?I didn't notice any long-term plan when the pine beetle started in the park and they wouldn't log or burn it to try and put a stop to their destruction of the forest so blah blah blah is all I am hearing out of Carole.We seen the bust and now we are seeing the boom maybe next voting day the NDP will win and we can see the bust again.The Liberals are tough but lets face it we the tax payers can only spend what we can afford.

Posted by: diplomat on January 27 2006 3:50 PM

The NDP had a whole decade to prove that ANY of their ideas were workable.

Almost everything they touched turned from gold to 'fertilizer' - it's called the Midas Touch in reverse!

Well, Don Quixote would have been proud of them!

The NPD wouldn't know how to run a hot dog stand without being propped up by huge annual loans from the for-profit banking corporations!

The four "fast" ferries are still quietly rusting away....and what a huge success the Rupert pulpmill is/was!

The list could go on and on!

While British Columbia was supposedly suffering from the "Asian Economic Flu" ALL the other provinces were growing each and every year of the B.C. socialist decade!

The only once that got rewarded handsomely were those who got to the trough in Victoria!

Four NDP premiers in ten years - is that not an enviable record?

Get ready for another roller coaster ride, people!