Vancouver – MLAs Spencer Chandra Herbert, Mable Elmore, George Chow and George Heyman are welcoming $100,000 through the province’s Multiculturalism Grant Program for projects designed to promote multiculturalism and fight racism. In total, 25 projects in Vancouver will each receive …
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back to George HeymanVancouver MLAs welcome BC Arts Council Grants
VANCOUVER– Local MLAs Melanie Mark, Spencer Chandra Herbert and George Heyman are welcoming over $5 million for Vancouver art organizations and artists through the province’s BC Arts Council Grant Program. These grants support programs that encourage more inclusivity and accessibility …
Local MLAs welcome school upgrades for Vancouver students
VANCOUVER– Local MLAs George Heyman, Shane Simpson and Spencer Chandra Herbert say students in Vancouver will benefit from safer, more efficient schools thanks to over $1.7 million in provincial funding for school upgrade projects. Vancouver School District is receiving $1,772,500 …
453 new licensed child-care spaces are on their way to Vancouver
VANCOUVER – Local families across Vancouver will soon be able to access new licensed child-care spaces thanks to a $3.46 million investment through the Province’s Child Care Major Capital Funding Program. This funding will create a total of 453 new …
NDP climate action plan to cut pollution, create good jobs, deliver family rebates
VANCOUVER— While Christy Clark’s government will let carbon pollution escalate for the next ten years, B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan released today a climate action plan that will cut carbon pollution, create good jobs, and double the number of …
Christy Clark’s Climate Action Plan won’t come close to meeting targets, according to experts
VICTORIA— New Democrat environment spokesperson, George Heyman, released the following statement in response to a recent independent assessment of B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan: “The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, Pembina Institute, and Clean Energy Canada’s independent assessment of Christy Clark’s …
Christy Clark wants to lift ban on setting oil spills on fire, toxic chemical dispersants
VANCOUVER—The Christy Clark government has asked Ottawa to lift a ban on burning oil to deal with spills, proof that Christy Clark is prepared to do anything to allow a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic on B.C.’s coast, say the …
Christy Clark government quietly muddies soil contamination regulation, now up to 1,000 times worse
VICTORIA— To avoid political scrutiny, Christy Clark and her government quietly snuck in changes to how soil contamination is regulated, say B.C. New Democrats. “It’s shameful that Christy Clark and her government went behind closed doors to make major changes …
Christy Clark abandons BC’s position as climate leader
VICTORIA —Taking meaningful action on climate change to protect British Columbia’s environment and the economy from its effects doesn’t matter to Christy Clark, says New Democrat environment spokesperson George Heyman. “She has announced a plan that will do less, more …
Heyman: B.C. Liberals starving BC Parks system since forming government
Appearing in the 100 Mile House Free Press, July 21, 2016 To the editor: I am writing regard Environment Minister Mary Polak’s guest editorial, headlined Improving access to provincial campgrounds, on page A8 in your July 14, 2016 edition. …