by adamolsen | May 5, 2022 | 42-3, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Question Period, Video
Both the BC NDP and BC Liberals support gas liquefaction for the export market. However, a growing body of research is showing that fracking, the process to extract gas from the ground, causes significant harm to human health. Indigenous communities, children and...
by adamolsen | Apr 7, 2022 | 42-3, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Statement, Video
Tsawout First Nation has created a first-of-its-kind Marine Use Law embracing the principles of self-determination and the right to “fish as formerly” captured in the Douglas Treaty. This has enabled Tsawout to realize economic development opportunities,...
by adamolsen | Apr 4, 2022 | 42-3, Blog, Environment, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Question Period, Video
I followed up my previous question to Hon. Katrine Conroy (Minister of Forests) about her defense of the aerial spraying of glyphosate on B.C. forest lands. Ultimately, the food security that the provincial government talks about does not include Indigenous practices...
by adamolsen | Apr 1, 2022 | 42-3, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Question Period, Video
The BC government continues to use glyphosate and other poisons to clear forest lands of unwanted vegetation. Unwanted only by the forest industry. The species that this government is killing are the same species that Indigenous Peoples have harvested, and continue to...
by adamolsen | Apr 1, 2022 | 42-3, Bills, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Question Period, Video
Following the tabling of the Declaration Act Action Plan, I rose in Question Period to ask Premier John Horgan how his BC NDP government can justify the expansion of fossil fuel extraction and liquefaction infrastructure knowing the human rights violations,...
by adamolsen | Apr 1, 2022 | 42-3, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Statement, Video
The BC Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in November 2019. Section 4 of the Act requires the government to table an Action Plan to ensure key steps toward reconciliation are taken, to ensure the government...
