https://youtu.be/GPk0PwoWkmA?si=SAvIwBUig5wb-bll For the past several years we have heard from the BC NDP government of their investments in education and childcare. At the same time, I have heard from my constituents and education professionals in Saanich North and...
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Environment minister has full control over Conservation Service. No independence, no oversight!
The BC NDP don’t want to confront the reality that their environment minister Hon. George Heyman has full control of the BC Conservation Officer Service (BC COS). As it is laid out in s. 106 of the Environmental...
Environment Minister slow in updating regulations for sampling biosolids to make sure they are safe!
I suspect the Environment Minister has not updated the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation (OMRR) over the past 15 years because of the cost. Cost of updating sewage treatment facilities to improve the quality of...
Confidence in public safety threatened as province continues fumbling Surrey police transition
The Surrey policing transition has been fumbled from the beginning. Public safety minister Hon. Mike Farnworth has allowed politics to lead the policy and the result has been expensive and unnecessary. Now the RCMP...
BC Aviation Museum welcomes Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber to Saanich Peninsula
After many years, and several attempts, the Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber will make one final flight from its home on Sproat Lake near Port Alberni, BC, landing on the Saanich Inlet before being moved to the B.C....
Introducing amendment to solitary confinement policy. AGAIN!
For the fourth time I have introduced a private members bill to amend solitary confinement policy. The bill prohibits a person from being held in solitary confinement if they are pregnant, at risk of harm or suicide,...
Indigenous jurisdiction of child welfare must include proper funding support!
For decades Indigenous child welfare has been in the hands of the provincial government. Their policies have disrupted families, separating children from their parents and extended family, and had devastating...
Creating First Nations mandated Post-Secondary Institutions
There is an important teaching that once you start something that you must finish the work. In 2018, the provincial government invested $50 million in Indigenous language revitalization. It kickstarted and reinforced...
Housing policy still fragmented with weak measures for affordable and special needs housing
The BC NDP continues to deliver fragmented housing policy, addresses part of the problem part way. The changes represented in Bill 14: Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 and Bill 16: Housing Statutes Amendment Act,...
Amendments to Police Act are far from transformation of policing in British Columbia
After 15 months of deliberations, hearing from more than 400 individuals and organizations, and 1400 survey responses, the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act, tabled an all-Party consensus report on April 28,...
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