'Lowest-paid workers deserve raise'; Undisputed leader Carole James also champions seniors
The Province
November 18, 2007
By: John Bermingham

B.C. New Democrats kicked off their election campaign yesterday, 18 months before the vote.

At the party's convention in Vancouver, leader Carole James said the party will put seniors and low-wage workers at the top of its campaign agenda.

"The campaign has begun. Now bring it on," James told cheering delegates.

Buoyed by the NDP's success in the current fall session, James said her MLAs will push for universal child care, more access to post-secondary education and an immediate cap on greenhouse-gas emissions.

She reiterated her call for a $10 minimum wage, which she recently introduced as a bill in the legislature.

"If anyone deserves a pay raise, it's B.C.'s lowest-paid workers," she said. "I'll do it. Gordon Campbell won't. That's the clear difference."….