Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Province of British Columbia for Delta North
Official Opposition Critic for Intergovernmental Relations (IGR)
Constituency Office:
3 - 11161 84th Avenue
Delta, British Columbia
V4C 2K4
Phone: (604) 597-1488
Fax: (604) 597-1466
Legislature Office:
Room 201, Parliament Bldgs
Victoria, British Columbia
V8V 1X4
Phone: (250) 387-3655
Fax: (250) 387-4680
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Guy & Glen Clark
For the first time since his departure from public life, Glen Clark opens the door with an exclusive interview regarding his views on business, the economy, plus many more fascinating subjects. During the one hour interview, Clark is sharp, engaging and cordial. Have events and experiences changed his perspective? Click on podcast and find out.
Delta Optimist
Former premier Mike Harcourt breaks ranks with Gentner, rest of party by endorsing 'innovative' proposal
By Sandor Gyarmati
Guy Gentner doesn't think much of the views of a former New Democrat premier when it comes to the Southlands.
In a recent interview with the Optimist, the NDP MLA for Delta North made his feelings clear about Mike Harcourt's support for the development proposal put forward by the Century Group for the controversial Tsawwassen property.
"I told him I was very upset with his position. I told him I was very disheartened with his lukewarm endorsation and he's doing the typical Harcourt dance," said Gentner.
"He kind of shepherded an era from the Socreds to the Glen Clark era and there was quite a difference with Glen, who was more action driven, and Mike was, shall we say, a guy more into trying to build consensus."
The Province
By Brian Lewis
Very few politicians would have the nerve or stamina to do what Delta North MLA Guy Gentner does to keep in touch with constituents.
It amounts to holding three unrehearsed town-hall meetings per week, week in and week-out, as well as performing the countless other tasks of elected officials.
Since last fall, the second-term New Democrat has been hosting a regular Internet-radio show from his North Delta constituency office or the Victoria legislature.
Listeners tune in via Gentner's website at www.guygentner.ca, where they can hear the separate one-hour shows live beginning at 8 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays or at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays. Podcasts are available for those who miss the live shows.
The Monday show covers issues specific to Gentner's riding or just the south-of-Fraser region. Provincewide issues are the focus of Tuesday's show, while Wednesday-edition topics are open.
Surrey NOW
By Tom Zytaruk
Goooooood Morning, North Delta!
Guy Gentner is on the air. Internet radio, that is.
The NDP MLA for Delta North has set up his own online radio show, which he calls "Live from the Leg" Progressive Talk Radio. He broadcasts out of his constituency office in Nordel.
Nowadays politicians tend to be kept on a short leash by their party's leadership and always seem to be "on message," but Gentner aims to change that.
"It's pretty raw at times," he said of his broadcast.
He came up with the idea to set up his own internet radio show while watching a comedy broadcast online.
"I think this is a first."
Now, he says, he's taking on the "corporate press."
"I'm a pirate," he joked. "It could change the whole medium."
"I call it internet town hall."
This particular town happens to be very big.
Vancouver Sun
By Vaughn Palmer
June 3, 2010
With former premier Bill Vander Zalm back in the headlines, turns out another populist ex-premier has something to say about the harmonized sales tax.
"The HST, I'm not going there," said former New Democratic Party premier Glen Clark, during a recent Web interview with NDP MLA Guy Gentner.
Then, in the characteristic fashion of a guy who couldn't resist controversy during his dozen years in public office, he did go there.
"The HST does not create more revenue," said Clark, who served as finance minister in the early 1990s and as premier later in the decade.
"The HST is a shift in the tax burden away from business and onto individuals and it's revenue-neutral. It's a great irony that a government would take this huge political shift away from business onto individuals and not gain, really, any more revenue ... The HST is a little bit more ideological than it is a tax policy."
Surrey Leader
Group picked to build South Fraser Perimeter Road
By Jeff Nagel
Black Press
A Spanish-led consortium of companies has been picked to build the $1.1-billion South Fraser Perimeter Road after a lengthy procurement delay.
The provincial government said Friday the Fraser Transportation Group will advance to detailed negotiations to finalize a contract to build the 40-kilometre four-lane truck freeway connecting Deltaport to Highway 1 and the Golden Ears Bridge.
The group consists of ACS Infrastructure Canada and Ledcor Industrial/Mining Group Ltd. as equity partners and Dragados Canada Inc., Ledcor CMI Ltd., Belpacific Excavating and Shoring and Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd. as design-build contractors.
ACS and Dragados are subsidiaries of a major Spanish infrastructure firm.
Vancouver Sun
Three premiers head on trade mission to Japan and China in May
By Derrick Penner
Canada's three westernmost provinces are betting there will be economic benefits in setting themselves up as a common market through the reconciliation of regulations among themselves and cooperation on international trade initiatives.
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, Saskatchewan's Premier Brad Wall and Alberta's Premier Ed Stelmach signed the New West Partnership agreement Friday in Regina, a follow up from a promise they made in a joint cabinet meeting held in Vancouver a year ago, which will unroll cooperative efforts from 2011-13.
It will start as the three premiers conduct a joint trade mission to Japan and China in May.
The next step will see the three provinces enter into a common procurement system for tendering purchases on some $8 billion in annual spending between them, in areas such as pharmaceuticals and school supplies, starting in 2011.
Times Colonist
BACK TO THE FUTURE: You knew you'd end up paying more thanks to the harmonized sales tax. What you didn't know was that you'd soon be wearing tie-dye shirts and protesting the Vietnam War all over again -- just because haircuts will cost more.
But allow Guy Gentner to explain it: "Well, we can get into the Beatles revival again, but we won't. The fact [is] that people will be putting bowls on their head to cut their hair because they can't afford the cost of a barber anymore. Unbelievable. Maybe we'll see the Hair musical revival coming, and we'll all be wearing beads and sandals -- heaven forbid."
-- with files from Les Leyne, Rob Shaw and
Lindsay Kines
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