by adamolsen | Mar 2, 2023 | 42-4, Blog, Estimates, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Video
In Supplementary Estimates for the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, we are debating how Minister Murray Rankin is spending $75,000,000 of extra funding allocated from the Finance Minister. I don’t dispute that the six agreements Minister...
by adamolsen | Feb 22, 2023 | 42-4, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Statement, Video
With the announcement of more findings of likely burial sites at the Alberni Indian Residential School, and the similar announcement in January at the St. Joseph’s Residential School in Williams Lake, the Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Hon....
by adamolsen | Feb 22, 2023 | 42-4, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Statement, Video
When Melanie Mark was sworn in to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly following her by-election victory in February 2016 her family brought her into the assembly in a good way. Melanie was the first First Nations woman elected as a MLA and the first First...
by adamolsen | Feb 18, 2023 | 42-4, Bills, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Video
February 15 & 16, 2023 were terrible days in the legislature for David Eby’s BC NDP government. I have been deeply concerned about how the provincial government has mismanaged the legislative calendar and agenda for months now. I’ve written about it...
by adamolsen | Feb 16, 2023 | 42-4, Blog, Governance, Indigenous, Legislature, Statement, Video
In Members’ Statements, I offered a few words to mark the passing of my uncle TEMOSEṈŦET, Dr. Charles Elliott. [Transcript] Today I stand to recognize and honour my uncle, TEMOSEṈŦET, Dr. Charles Elliot. Charles was the preeminent Coast Salish artist. When...
by adamolsen | Feb 13, 2023 | 42-4, Blog, Environment, Governance, Indigenous, Question Period, Video
The Saanich Inlet continues to be threatened by the industrial expansion of a quarry at Bamberton. Despite Minister of Environment, George Heyman’s suggestion the environmental assessment (EA) process is working as it should, the only reason and EA is even being...
