British Columbians want a better BC, but the BC Liberal Throne Speech shows that Christy Clark has no ideas on how to deliver it. Filled with promises for new childcare spaces, raising social assistance rates and public transit, it is clear …
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Mungall presents large petition to keep Jumbo wild
MLA Michelle Mungall presented a petition in the legislature signed by 61,526 people from the Kootenays and around the world who want to keep Jumbo wild. Mungall points out that the sheer number of signatures prove that the people of …
MLA Mungall still working to reduce poverty in BC
For the sixth time Michelle Mungall and the NDP have introduced a poverty reduction act in the Legislature. “We have some of Canada’s highest poverty levels and yet we are the only province without a plan to reduce poverty,” said …
MLA Mungall disappointed by Christy Clark’s “Forget Everything” budget
“These are shaky election promises not economic policies,” said Mungall. “After years of cuts and spiralling costs to MSP premiums and housing, Christy Clark wants the people of BC to simply forget everything and vote for more of the same.” …
Mungall Back in Victoria for Brief Pre-election Session
Mungall was back in Victoria this week. The first day opened with the Speech from the Throne, which sets the government’s agenda for this brief pre-election session. “This agenda,” says Mungall, “sadly leaves people out again. So many people in this …
MLA Mungall excited about NDP climate action plan
While Christy Clark’s government will let carbon pollution escalate for the next ten years, B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan has released a climate action plan that will cut carbon pollution, create good jobs, and double the number of British …
COLUMN: We need to ban big money from politics
With 2017 settling in, topping news and Facebook discussions is the US election. Big changes down south, and many are worried about what the future will bring. Mass rallies for human rights while the new US President acts swiftly to …
Annual Holiday Community Lunch 2016
On Friday December 9th, MLA Michelle Mungall is hosting her Annual Community Holiday Lunch at Our Daily Bread in Nelson. This annual event brings people from all walks of life together to share in the Holiday spirit. “The open house starts …
Mungall Celebrates Another Clawback Victory
VICTORIA — After months of pressure the Christy Clark government has finally agreed to end benefit clawback policies that drove families deeper into poverty, says B.C. New Democrat social development spokesperson Michelle Mungall. “John Horgan and the B.C. New Democrats …
COLUMN: Back to class deserves better investment
Whenever John Horgan and my NDP Opposition colleagues ask her questions in the Legislature, Premier Clark fires back that her government is supporting education with record levels of funding. With schools districts closing schools, overcrowding, an endless stream of portables in Surrey, a lack of resources for special needs students, post-secondary schools shutting high-demand programs, and no financial needs-based grants for college and university students, common sense would dictate that her responses are all talk.