B.C. NDP call Liberal attacks on platform economics ‘fearmongering’
VANCOUVER — Christy Clark’s Liberals are ramping up attacks on the NDP’s ability to manage British Columbia’s economy, accusing the party of releasing a platform that will cost billions with no way to pay for it.
The New Democrats’ platform includes $10-a-day child care and eliminating tolls on two busy bridges in Metro Vancouver. But the party says a new tax on housing speculators and raising taxes on the top two per cent of earners and corporations will help it balance the budget.
Carole James, the NDP’s finance critic, dismissed the Liberal accusations on Wednesday as “fearmongering.”
“Let’s remember that last election, Christy Clark literally put ‘Debt-free B.C.’ on the side of her campaign bus,” said James, referring to Clark’s promise to eliminate the debt through a liquefied natural gas industry.