John Horgan

"I’ve been shaped by the people I’ve met along the way. I’ve had great role models and I’ve had great mentors and a little bit of good luck. Now as a leader in a political movement I want to pay that forward."

"Whenever we go into a pulp town I breathe deep and it reminds me of a positive time in my youth."

"My obligation is to the people of BC, and I will defend that until I am no longer premier."

"These are extraordinary events. Not measured before, not contemplated before. [the extreme weather events of 2021 will lead to a host of initiatives to help communities adapt in the future] but there was nothing, nothing that could have been done [to prepare for] a three-times-the-historic-high volume of water travelling through Merritt in one day."