Adam Olsen MLA for Saanich North and the Islands.
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Bill 13: Amendments to allow First Nations communities to own and hold land
For more than 175 years, First Nations communities have not been able to own land in the name of their First Nation. The province is finally amending the Land Title and Property Law Acts to allow Indigenous communities...
When is the health minister going to re-open Saanich Peninsula hospital emergency room overnight?
The Minister of Health, Hon. Adrian Dix, has stood in the legislature and talked about how he is spending billions more each year on the healthcare system. His budget has ballooned from $21 billion (2017/18) to $36...
As drought grips British Columbia, why is energy minister prioritizing water/electricity for LNG?
The BC NDP government has their priorities wrong. While drought grips British Columbia the provincial government is prioritizing electricity and water for the fracking industry. In order for our province to meet CleanBC...
Firefighters Protection Act: Taking preventative steps to protect firefighters from toxic compounds
British Columbia has been a leader in legislating presumptive clauses in the workers compensation system for firefighters that are diagnosed with certain forms of cancers. Rather than forcing firefighters to prove the...
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Saanich North and the Islands.
Passionate community advocate Adam Olsen, is the MLA for Saanich North and the Islands (BC Green Caucus). A proud member of the Tsartlip village of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation, Adam Olsen is a father to Silas and Ella and husband to Emily. With over two decades in the service and communications sectors, Adam Olsen has gained valuable experience in building relationships, connecting people, solving problems, and finding solutions.
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As the Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Saanich North and the Islands, Adam Olsen is committed to developing ways for his constituents to stay up to date and informed on what he is doing as your representative.
Introducing changes to gendered language in ICE-T Act
Last Fall, while we were debating changes to the North Island-Coast Development Trust Initiative Act I asked why the Minister ignored requests from the Island Coastal Economic Trust to remove gendered language in their...
Bill 7: Social Development and Poverty Reduction Statutes Amendment Act (2024): Entrenching poverty
The BC NDP has long promised that as social democrats they will stand up for the most vulnerable people in the province. They always point to how terrible the former government was as a way to distract from their...
Bill 5: Child, Family, and Community Service Amendment Act (2024): Compliance with Court ruling
Following a Court of Appeal ruling that a section of the Child, Family, and Community Service Act, made in the Fall 2022 intruded to far into personal privacy the Minister has until April to make the change to comply...
Introducing Wildlife Protection Act (2024): Protecting Bear Dens in British Columbia
For the third time I introduced a Wildlife Amendment Act to afford protections for bear dens in British Columbia. Premier David Eby has mandated his Minister of Water, Land, and Natural Resources, Hon. Nathan Cullen, to...
Why is the Minister failing to cover costs of basic grave markers for low-income British Columbians?
While the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction pays the funeral cost of the lowest income British Columbians, they will not pay for a basic grave marker. It makes little sense. For more than a year the...
Why does health minister fail to meet agreed nurse-patient ratios? Why is he privatizing healthcare?
The healthcare system is failing British Columbians. Yet, the finance minister continues to hand the health minister billions of dollars in an expanded budget. Last year, the health minister Hon. Adrian Dix signed an...
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