Liberal MLA Bruce Banman took swipes at his NDP counterparts, while speaking in the legislature on Halloween.

Banman, who represents the Abbotsford South riding (which includes a swath of Aldergrove), criticized the current government鈥檚 鈥渋naction鈥� on what he calls a 鈥渃rippling cost-of-living crisis.鈥�

Rents, fuel, and food prices all continue to soar, but he noted the government has failed to take action to make life more affordable.

鈥淭here鈥檚 too much going wrong in this province and the cost-of-living crisis is just one of many issues at the forefront of people鈥檚 minds,鈥� he said, pointing at rising gas prices as 鈥渋ncreasingly unbearable鈥� for many residents in his riding.

鈥淚f this government even slightly cares to acknowledge and act on the affordability crisis, the first thing they should do is cut their own salary,鈥� Banman said, calling for cabinet members to forego a proposed pay raise.

鈥淚nstead of providing relief for British Columbians, NDP cabinet members have voted themselves a $10,000 retroactive pay increase instead,鈥� he concluded.

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