The BC NDP continues to furiously spend the multi-billion dollar surplus before March 31st. In supplementary budget estimates I had a few minutes to ask questions about the decision of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to distribute $1...
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BC’s Solicitor General & Public Safety Minister visits Salt Spring Island to discuss community safety and infrastructure needs
On Friday March 3, 2023, Hon. Mike Farnworth, British Columbia Solicitor General and Public Safety Minister, visited Salt Spring Island with me. We met with the local RCMP detachment and Salt Spring Fire to learn more about the challenges...
Minister Fleming investing $500 million to keep BC Ferries fares affordable
Last week the BC NDP government announced an investment of $500 million as an interim measure to keeping ferry fares affordable for BC Ferries users. This will greatly assist my constituents of Saanich North and the Islands who live, work,...
We are spending billions so when will British Columbia regulate the addictions treatment industry?
With billions of dollars being invested in addictions treatment and recovery, and the BC Liberals proposing the privatization of the industry, it is clear that at the very least the BC NDP should make sure we are collecting data so we...
Minister Rankin’s $75M funding allocation misses crucial opportunity for Indigenous reconciliation priorities
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...
Government Inexplicably Repoliticizes All-Party Agreement on Drug Toxicity Crisis
Last year, then Interim-Leader of the BC Liberals Shirley Bond, and BC Green Leader Sonia Furstenau, called on the BC NDP government to empower the Health Committee to study the drug toxicity and poisoning crisis and make recommendations...
Will Premier Eby Provide Funds for Old Growth Deferrals and Meet with Hereditary Chiefs?
Even though the Environment Minister tried to deflect responsibility, let's be clear, the lack of species-at-risk and biodiversity protections in British Columbia is not the fault of First Nations. It was a decision by the BC NDP to scrap...
Fighting for Fisheries to Benefit Communities
In 2008, the Wild Salmon Advisory Council released a report about the future of Pacific salmon in British Columbia. In many respects it was redux of salmon strategies of the past. We updated the information and re-engaged the stakeholders...
Improving Democracy in British Columbia: Debating Changes to Reform Private Members’ Time
As I have said repeatedly the BC Legislative Assembly does not function as democratically as it could. The entire agenda is controlled by the party with a majority of Members and that power has been used to shut out private members' from...
Ministerial Statement: Response to the One Year Anniversary of the War in Ukraine
I stood as Third Party House Leader to speak in response to a Ministerial Statement provided by Hon. Anne Kang, Municipal Affairs Minister on the one year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. [Transcript] I rise today to offer just a few...
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