The leader of the BC NDP is demanding that the Premier back down on the controversial privatization of the Liquor Distribution Branch.
Adrian Dix says the provincial government is forging ahead with the privatization plan without any mandate.
“There is no business plan for this, the only business plan appears to come from the people lobbying the government,” he says.
Dix wants Premier Christy Clark to make the privatization of the LDB an issue in the next election campaign.
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He says the Liberal government is deliberately pushing ahead with the plan right before the next election.
“A 10-year contract weeks before an election ties the hands of government and taxpayers.”
“The fact that they can do this in a majority system doesn’t mean that they should,” he says.
Dix says he will consider tearing up any private contracts made with the LDB if he is elected Premier.
The NDP also announced several changes to critic assignments today.
Newly elected MLA and former Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini will become Critic, Housing, Construction and Business Investment.
Maurine Karagianis becomes the new critic of the Liquor Distribution Branch, taking over from Shane Simpson who is now labour critic.
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