B.C. NDP premier tells celebratory convention delegates tough decisions ahead
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan opened his New Democratic Party’s convention on Saturday with an exuberant cheer to celebrate the party’s rise to power after 16 years of Liberal governments, but he quickly turned to serious issues ahead.
“It feels like the election was a lifetime ago,” said Horgan about last May’s election result that resulted in the NDP reaching an agreement with the Green party to form a minority government.
He said the New Democrats face one of the most difficult decisions in B.C.’s history over the future of the $8.3 billion Site C hydroelectric dam, which has been under construction for more than two years.
The New Democrats announced they will make a yes or no decision on Site C, and the fate of the more than 2,000 people currently working on the project, by the end of the year.