The Police Amendment Act, 2023 is the BC NDP response to the policing mess that has been unfolding in Surrey for the past few years. This situation was entirely avoidable if the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor...
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Responding to the Emergency and Disaster Management Act
The long-awaited update to the Emergency Program Act (EPA) was finally introduced to the British Columbia Legislature. While there are many of the recommendations from reports over the past twenty years in the new...
Improving our democracy by increasing access to legislative tools for private members
There are many ways we can improve the quality of our democratic processes in between elections. Over the past few months I have been working with colleagues from all other caucuses in a special committee to review how...
Will the Minister update the Mental Health Act to include family members?
I have heard from many families that psychiatric emergency services excludes them from the care of their loved ones in a mental health crisis. It is wonderful that Health Minister Adrian Dix met with Crystal Kenzie and...
Will the Minister of Health ensure the quality care seniors deserve?
British Columbia Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie released her second report Billions More Reasons to Care outlining the dramatic differences in the delivery of publicly funded care for seniors in long-term care...
Response: Ministerial Statement on National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
I delivered a response on behalf of the BC Green Caucus to a Ministerial Statement by Hon. Murray Rankin on the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirited, and Gender Diverse...
Response: Ministerial Statement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
I responded on behalf of the BC Green Caucus to a Ministerial Statement delivered by Hon. Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, regarding the first provincial statutory holiday marking...
Estimates 2023: Water, Land & Resource Stewardship
For several years now the BC NDP government has been promising species-at-risk or biodiversity legislation but to date they have failed to deliver. Now with the new Water, Land, Resource Stewardship Ministry up and running I asked Minister...
Estimates 2023: Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation
I cover a lot of ground in this hour long session in Budget Estimates with Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Hon. Murray Rankin. We highlight funding for Indigenous language recovery, the use of civil injunctions to...
Estimates 2023: Citizens’ Services
For the third year in a row, I have spent a considerable amount of my time with Citizens’ Services Minister Lisa Beare discussing the slow pace of change of government adopting technology that can accommodate Indigenous families officially...
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