As the salmon go, we go! It is why I have spent so much time on salmon policy. As the industry is proudly depicted in a mural in the rotunda of the Parliament buildings it has become an example of the boom and bust...
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Budget Estimates: Public Safety & Solicitor General moving toward oversight of BC Conservation Service
In final Budget Estimates exchange of the Spring 2024 session I reconnected with public safety minister and Solicitor General, Hon. Mike Farnworth. After several years of advocating for independent oversight of the BC...
Motion 29: Amending the rules to increase legislative access to all private members (non-Cabinet)!
We often think that democratic reform is limited to proportional representation. However, as I have seen how the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia functions over the past seven years I have seen how undemocratic...
Talk and log. Talk and log. Talk and log. BC NDP are rhetorically protecting old growth!
The BC NDP have perfected “talk and log”. Minister of Environment, Hon. George Heyman, has consistently disagreed with the premise of my questions. If you were to view the world through his rose coloured glasses you...
Is a mace still an appropriate symbol for power in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly?
As an MLA I often confront my relationship to power. I remember back to just a few days after I was elected in 2017 into the position often referred to as “the balance of power” I was asked about this in an interview on...
Why is the BC NDP government failing to support our children and public education system?
Despite their rhetoric, the BC NDP government is failing to meet the operational needs of school districts across the province. The BC Teachers Federation is advertising calling on the province to develop a human...
Playground for the super-rich or increased protection of most vulnerable renters?
British Columbia will spend more than $500 million to ensure the World Cup is a profitable venture for the FIFA. The cost of hosting the World Cup In Vancouver has already doubled in two years and we still have two...
Will the health minister limit nursing agencies and better support student nurses?
We have consistently heard from nurses, and the BC Nurses Union, that nurse-to-patient ratios are far from acceptable. Recently, the union surveyed their members. In a media release they highlight, “on a monthly basis,...
My duty to stand up for the Salish Sea never diminishes!
As the industrialization of the Salish Sea proliferates and overlapping authority of many governing bodies create bureaucratic gridlock, my duty to this territory will never stop. Now more than ever we have a much...
Will the health minister meet the capital and operational needs of the Saanich Peninsula Hospital?
The health minister Hon. Adrian Dix and Island Health have both known that the Saanich Peninsula hospital requires significant operational and capital investments. Residents of the Saanich Peninsula have always stepped...
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