[LabComm] James offers Opposition support to fast-track implementation of Hughes' recommendations

[BC NDP Newswire]

James offers Opposition support to fast-track implementation of Hughes' recommendations



April 10, 2006 

VICTORIA -- Carole James says the New Democrat caucus is ready to work with the government to see that all of the recommendations from the Hughes Report are implemented as quickly as possible.

James, the Leader of the Official Opposition, sent a letter to Premier Gordon Campbell today, asking for a meeting this week to work out a timetable for the 62 recommendations of the report. James suggested the meeting should include herself, the Premier, the minister of Children of Families and Opposition Critic Adrian Dix.

"It is time to act quickly to make the recommended changes," James wrote in her letter. "We are very pleased with the results of the B.C. Children and Youth Review. And we plan to work just as hard, in co-operation with the government, to see its recommendations implemented in full."

The last four years have been marked by chaos caused by on-again, off-again restructuring and deep budget cuts. The Hughes Report called for stability in child protection services in British Columbia and it called on the government and the opposition to put aside partisan concerns and work together for the sake of at-risk children in this province.

"We take our role as an opposition caucus very seriously," James said. "But we agree with Mr. Hughes that the needs of vulnerable children must take precedence over partisan politics.

"We will do whatever we can to help ensure this thoughtful and important report is implemented in full as soon as possible."

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