Throne speech pledges affordability on ferries, ticket sales and cellphone bills

VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan’s government set out a grab bag of reforms on ferry fares, concert-ticket scalpers and the high cost of cellphone bills in a throne speech Tuesday that even his chief ally conceded was light on substance and dominated mainly by populist promises.
Horgan began a new session of the legislature with a speech heavy on references to “affordability” for taxpayers — his party’s mantra since the 2017 election and during its first 18 mont