Adam Olsen MLA for Saanich North and the Islands.
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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...
Housing is a human right and our policy must start with the most vulnerable in our society
I have asked the BC NDP government multiple times if they believe housing is a human right. First, they suggested access to shelter was a human right, then last Fall the housing minister agreed. In this two-minute...
$89 billion budget piles on debt while BC NDP fails to demonstrate strategic thinking
The BC NDP have tabled an $89 billion dollar budget. The largest in British Columbia history. With it comes a $7.5 billion dollar deficit. The largest in British Columbia history. They have double the provincial debt...
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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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BC NDP continues to blur lines between executive and legislative branch eroding democracy
I rose today in response to a Motion introduced by Government House Leader Ravi Kahlon. Be it resolved that the House recess from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and notwithstanding Standing Orders 2 and 3 thereafter sit until 9 p.m....
Will the Minister of child welfare regulate social workers in her Ministry?
For years, my colleague Sonia Furstenau, MLA (Cowichan Valley) and I have been asking for the Minister of Children and Family Development to require social workers to be members of the College of Social Workers. They...
Desperate politics are costly in addressing runaway climate change
I rose in response to a Motion introduced by the Dan Davies, BC United MLA for Peace River North Be it resolved that this House supports permanently eliminating the provincial fuel tax to ease the pain at the pump and...
Does the province meet the challenge of the infrastructure deficit and increased demand?
With the BC NDP government moving to rezone vast areas of British Columbia from single family to multi-family — three, four, or six times the density — they have to answer the question how local governments will...
Amendments include BC NDPs lacklustre economic development support for Vancouver Island
For the past year I have been advocating for the BC NDP government to support the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) so it can transform into a stable long-term community-led economic development vehicle for Vancouver...
MCFD will protect human rights “wherever possible!”
The B.C. Supreme Court says it is a human right for a mother to be able to continue breastfeeding her newborn child. The Children and Family Development minister Hon. Mitzi Dean says that these human rights will be...
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