Op/Ed: BC looks to strengthen relationship with Washington State
Over the past year and half, I’ve been working collaboratively with Washington State Governor Jay Inslee to strengthen the relationship between Washington state and B.C. and seize opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. On Thursday in Seattle, I announced that B.C. is backing the next phase of a potential ultra-high-speed...
BC Hydro in court to keep Site C expenditure details from public
By Sarah Cox for The Narwhal BC Hydro has gone to court to avoid revealing the names of public employees who decide which companies are awarded lucrative Site C project contracts during construction of the $10.7 billion hydro dam. B.C.’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) ordered BC Hydro to release the...
Liberals fail rural bus riders — Stetski
Wayne Stetski, NDP Member of Parliament for Kootenay Columbia, recently rose in the House of Commons to question Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Liberals’ promised funding to cover public transit gaps since Greyhound stopped operating in the region last fall. When Greyhound announced it was leaving Western Canada last year,...
Op/Ed: Review and reform natural resource revenues
This post is part of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Budget 2019 series by Ben Parfitt, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019 provincial budget. Natural resource revenues account for $2.7 billion or 5.2 per cent of provincial revenues. Resource...
‘Drastic and scary’: Salmon declines prompt First Nation to take Canada to court over fish farms
By Sarah Cox, from The Narwhal In an unprecedented move, the Dzawada’enuzw nation is claiming in court that farming Atlantic salmon — which often carry disease — in their traditional waters constitutes a violation of Aboriginal rights Willie Moon’s family used to catch hundreds of salmon a day ...
Premier's statement on New Year's Day
Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement marking New Year's Day 2019: "The beginning of a new year is a time to look forward to all the opportunities that lie ahead of us, while taking stock of the accomplishments and challenges of the past year. We resolve to do better. We set new goals. "Looking back on 2018,...
Labour’s voices largely absent from news coverage of pipeline controversies: Study
A new study finds that BC’s news media frequently reinforce the assumption that there is an inevitable trade-off between environmental protection and job creation. Released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Corporate Mapping Project, Jobs vs the environment? Mainstream and alternative media coverage of...
BC voters stay with first-past-the-post system
British Columbians have decided to stay the course in regard to Electoral Reform. A total of 42.6% of registered voters voted 61.3 per cent to retain the current first-past-the-post system in a mail-in referendum in the results released by Elections BC on Thursday. Proportional representation received 38.7 per cent of the...
Making Changes to protect for now and into future
I love British Columbia and I want to protect what makes it so special - for now and for the future. As a new mother and as B.C.'s energy minister, I'm committed to addressing climate change and building a better and more prosperous future. Every day brings a new reminder that climate change is a massive global problem, with...
Culture of entitlement at B.C. legislature keeps going and going
It would seem Animal House has closed at the B.C. legislature in favour of a new production – A Taste of Shakespeare – with scenes from Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus and a special audience introduction to Puck from a Midsummer Night's Dream. The performances are replete with tales of betrayal, revenge and possible...
