As this was being written federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was set to call on the Liberals and Conservatives to 鈥渟tart defending the interests of Canadians who are being gouged at the pumps while oil and gas companies make record profits.鈥�

This, of course, is all well, good and overdue. But the MP for Burnaby South, a city that鈥檚 home to an oil refinery owned by Parkland Fuel Corp., should also call on his provincial NDP government counterparts to do just that.

To date, Premier John Horgan鈥檚 answer to price gouging at the pumps has been to toss an insultingly small $110 鈥済as relief rebate鈥� at motorists, to advise them to use alternate transportation, and to urge them to 鈥渢hink鈥� whether they need to make that trip before getting behind the wheel.

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British Columbians are buckling under the weight of North America鈥檚 highest gas prices, the increasingly soul-withering price of groceries, and absurd housing costs.

Yet, rather than throw 性视界传媒 residents and other British Columbians a lifeline in this economic storm, Horgan鈥檚 spectacularly tone-deaf NDP government has decided to chuck $789 million at replacing the Royal BC Museum in Victoria.

What poor stewardship of our tax dollars. It鈥檚 kind of like giving a starving man only a plate and spoon. Enjoy.

It鈥檚 particularly egregious given that this new museum won鈥檛 be opening its doors for at least another eight years, when people are suffering in the here and now.

And so, we hope Singh will do the right thing and also call on his ideological brothers and sisters in the NDP government to 鈥渟tart defending鈥� British Columbians against crippling price gouging.

鈥� Now-Leader

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