B.C.’s new NDP government is firing back at Opposition Leader Christy Clark’s accusations that BC Liberal MLAs are being kept in the dark about the wildfire situation.
Speaking with Kamloops’ Radio NL on Thursday, Clark claimed opposition MLAs were having a “difficult” time getting up to date information from the government about the wildfire situation.
As an example, Clark said it took Kamloops North MLA Peter Milobar four days to get answers on the wildfire-related closure of Wells Gray Provincial Park.
But Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth calls Clark’s allegations “just nonsense.”
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He said not only is the information available, his government has gone out of its way to get it to opposition MLAs.
“One of them suggested to me, ‘You know, could we have a briefing with just you every few days.’ We set one up yesterday, at one o’clock, and not a single one was on the line.”
Farnworth said on top of a daily briefing, there’s a dedicated phone-line that takes MLAs to the provincial emergency co-ordination centre, and he’s personally reached out to the interior MLAs.
He said with people still out of their homes, it’s disappointing to see the Liberals focus on partisan attacks.