Services for adults with eating disorders across the province are delivered by health authorities with one exception - Island Health. For some inexplicable reason those services are delivered by the Ministry of Children and Family...
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Labour policy lurch continues in British Columbia, more protections needed for workers
For decades labour policy has lurched back and forth. This is a result of a legislative assembly previously split by two establishment political parties, BC NDP and BC Liberals, aligning as pro-labour and pro-business respectively. This...
Province acquiring land for affordable housing in transit-oriented development
In Bill 16, the provincial government is seeking to give the British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority the power to purchase land to allow for more transit-oriented developments. This is a positive change that has the potential...
Reports: Transformational change recommended for policing in British Columbia
For the past 15 months I have been honoured to participate in the Police Act Reform committee. We were given a broad terms of reference to review the entire policing system in British Columbia and provided 11 recommendations for...
Recognizing the National Day of Mourning and workers safety
April 28th is the National Day of Mourning. This is my 2-minute Members' Statement on the important issue of worker safety and the much needed reform in WorkSafe BC. [Transcript] On the National Day of Mourning, we remember workers who...
What is the BC NDP doing to protect renters from real estate investment trusts (REITs)?
Large corporate institutional landlords, known at real estate investment trusts (REIT), are purchasing rental apartments at a shocking rate. In many cases, they are renovicting the tenants and dramatically increasing rents. This is another...
What is the BC NDP doing about growing corporatization threatening primary health care?
Nearly 1,000,000 British Columbians do not have access to a family doctor or team of primary health care practitioners. More are notified each day that their doctor is retiring or shutting down their practice due to exhaustion and...
With LNG Canada looking to expand, how does it fit BC NDP climate commitments?
When the consortium of multi-national corporations decided to invest in LNG Canada they only approved half the project (2 trains). They government regulatory process had approved them for 4 trains. Now they are looking at the possibility...
Celebrating Tsawout embracing self-determination and the right to fish as formerly
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...
Question of Privilege: Challenging the Minister of Forests defense of glyphosate
Today I raised a question of privilege after Hon. Katrine Conroy (Minister of Forests) stated unequivocally that glyphosate is non-carcinogenic and non-toxic. The Minister gave the impression that the science regarding the safety of...
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