[LabComm] Carole speaks out on cancellation of Fall Legislative Session

[BC NDP Newswire]

Carole speaks out on cancellation of Fall Legislative Session



NDP Leader Carole James today released the following statement calling on Premier Gordon Campbell to reverse his decision to cancel the work of the Legislature this fall:

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"I want to begin by quoting Premier Gordon Campbell: 

'The comfortable course of complacency is not a path for long-term prosperity.  It is the dead-end route of inevitable decline.' Those were the premier's words when his government delivered its Throne Speech last February. But complacency appears to be the Premier's new order of the day.

While our province faces challenges of growing homelessness and child poverty; an uncertain future in forest communities; a skills training shortage; and a research and development deficit, the Gordon Campbell government appears content to rest. 

The Premier won't even call the Legislature back to work.  He's says there's nothing for elected politicians to do. That debating issues in the Legislature is nothing but 'busy work'.

British Columbians expect more from the government they pay for. They expect their leaders to look ahead. To plan for our community's future. 

The People's House doesn't sit to engage in busy work. The legislature sits to fulfill promises made by the government. And it's the democratic way the government is held accountable to the people who pay for it.

Just yesterday, we learned that a private, for-profit MRI clinic in Vancouver is charging patients $1300 to jump the public queue for diagnostic treatment while patients at St. Paul's Hospital wait months to use the same equipment bought and paid for by B.C. taxpayers.

It's exactly the sort of issue that the government should answer for in the Legislature. Today, I call on Premier Campbell to reverse his decision to cancel the work of the Legislature this Fall."

To read the rest of Carole's statement, <a href="http://nid-16238.newsdetail.bcndp.ca/">click here</a>.

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