I, and my BC Green caucus colleagues, have been canvassing initiatives on innovation from various government ministries in question period this week. There are so many opportunities for the provincial government to grow our economy through...
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Parking, congestion and transit
In Bill 46, government is amending the South Coast Transportation Act to increase the ability of TransLink to increase the allowable parking rights tax rate as per the request of the Metro Vancouver Mayors' Council. The change increases...
Goodbye MSP, hello payroll tax
British Columbians are the last people in Canada paying a highly regressive medical services plan premium. They are regressive because no matter your income you pay the same amount. Andrew Weaver has been working to try to get government...
028 – The Public Circle LIVE! (Central Saanich Mayor Ryan Windsor)
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMRyNLW4_9s[/embedyt] 028 - The Public Circle LIVE! Friday, October 26, 2018 The Public Circle LIVE! is a weekly live broadcast by Adam Olsen from the Saanich North and the Islands Constituency Office in Sidney, BC. Adam...
Assessing the BC Assessment Amendment Act
The provincial government is moving to amend the BC Assessment Act to allow them to continue qualifying properties based on their current use rather than their highest and best use. There is no question that assessment, mill rates and tax...
What about the family doctor crisis?
Since my election as the MLA in May 2017, I have had many meetings in my office and hundreds more emails, from constituents who do not have a family doctor. The lack of access to primary care is not just in Saanich North and the Islands...
027 – The Public Circle LIVE! (Flying solo and talking taxes)
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VP-CZBzVzY[/embedyt] 027 - The Public Circle LIVE! Friday, October 19, 2018 The Public Circle LIVE! is a weekly live broadcast by Adam Olsen from the Saanich North and the Islands Constituency Office in Sidney, BC. Adam...
Addressing housing tax measures
After many months of speculation about what was going to be contained in the bill enabling the speculation and vacancy tax that was proposed by the BC NDP government it was finally tabled and I stood and spoke at second reading....
Debating the climate emergency
BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver called for an emergency debate in the BC Legislature to respond to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations (http://www.ipcc.ch/) "on the impacts of...
Pro-Rep is about fairness and your power
It's about fairness The referendum on proportional representation is about fairness. It is about ensuring that the will of British Columbians on election day is reflected in legislature. Under the current first-past-the-post system our power, the power of the people,...
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