Times Colonist

The outspoken Opposition MLA who broke ranks by announcing last week he would support a controversial Liberal pay-raise bill, resigned Tuesday as deputy caucus chairman of the NDP. 

Harry Lali (Yale-Lillooet) remains a member of the NDP caucus, said party house leader Mike Farnworth. But Lali's resignation as deputy chairman was accepted by caucus members during a noon-hour meeting.

"He's a member of caucus, he's just not the caucus vice-chair,'' Farnworth said yesterday afternoon.