Friday, December 19, 2025
ADVT 
National

Christy Clark Calls BC's NDP Irrelevant, Without Identity, Better Off Green

The Canadian Press , 20 Nov, 2014 11:12 AM
    VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark has attacked the Opposition New Democrats as irrelevant and without principles during a question period where she offered her support for the one-member Green Party.
     
    Clark clearly was not impressed with the NDP's attempts to make connections about past and current Liberals involved in the so-called quick wins scandal that was meant to court ethnic voters before the May 2013 election.
     
    Despite the demotion of a former cabinet minister and a review that found that government staff were misused to conduct Liberal Party work, the Liberals captured their fourth consecutive mandate.
     
    Clark says the NDP decision to revisit a three-year-old issue that was fully debated rather than explore current issues of mine safety and ferry fares, convinces her the Green Party represented by lone member Andrew Weaver should be granted official opposition status.
     
    Following question period, Clark suggested the NDP should consider itself as an irrelevant party in a desperate search for an identity.
     
    NDP Leader John Horgan was not in the legislature during question period.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Attorney General Sues Truck Driver In Crash That Killed Working Mountie

    Attorney General Sues Truck Driver In Crash That Killed Working Mountie
    VANCOUVER — Canada's attorney general is suing a transport truck driver involved in a crash that killed a Surrey, B.C. Mountie who was working in the line of the duty.

    Attorney General Sues Truck Driver In Crash That Killed Working Mountie

    Ceremony Honours WWII Airmen Whose Bodies Found Decades After Takeoff In B.C.

    Ceremony Honours WWII Airmen Whose Bodies Found Decades After Takeoff In B.C.
    VICTORIA — Four lost airmen have finally been laid to rest — 72 years after they disappeared while on a Second World War training mission on Vancouver Island.

    Ceremony Honours WWII Airmen Whose Bodies Found Decades After Takeoff In B.C.

    No Sign Of Two Viruses In Some B.C. Salmon: Canadian Food Inspection Agency

    No Sign Of Two Viruses In Some B.C. Salmon: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
    VANCOUVER — Two viruses that can be fatal to some B.C. salmon species have failed to turn up in tests conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

    No Sign Of Two Viruses In Some B.C. Salmon: Canadian Food Inspection Agency

    RCMP Announce Charges In Two Separate Cold-case Murders In Surrey

    RCMP Announce Charges In Two Separate Cold-case Murders In Surrey
    Homicide investigators in the Vancouver area have announced arrests in two separate cold cases. Both involve murders in Surrey, B.C. — the first in 2006 and the second in 2009.

    RCMP Announce Charges In Two Separate Cold-case Murders In Surrey

    Man Charged With Murder Of Woman In Vancouver Home Makes Court Appearance

    Man Charged With Murder Of Woman In Vancouver Home Makes Court Appearance
    SURREY, B.C. — A 28-year-old man accused of killing a woman in a Vancouver home has made his first court appearance.

    Man Charged With Murder Of Woman In Vancouver Home Makes Court Appearance

    Ceremony Honours 4 Airmen Whose Bodies Found Decades After Takeoff Near Victoria

    Ceremony Honours 4 Airmen Whose Bodies Found Decades After Takeoff Near Victoria
    VICTORIA — Four airmen have been laid to rest at a military service in Victoria — more than 70 years after they disappeared in their aircraft.

    Ceremony Honours 4 Airmen Whose Bodies Found Decades After Takeoff Near Victoria