LANGFORD- BC NDP MLAs Ravi Parmar and Mitzi Dean say more Emergency Support Services (ESS) responders in the region will be prepared to provide support to evacuees during emergencies thanks to new streamlined training and increased ESS funding. “Last summer’s …
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back to Darlene RotchfordMLAs Parmar and Dean say youth will have better access to care with new Foundry Centre coming to Sooke and West Shore Community
SOOKE – New Democrat MLAs Ravi Parmar and Mitzi Dean say more young people will have better access to vital health care services, including primary care, counselling, early intervention, prevention and addictions supports closer to home with a new Foundry centre on …
MLAs Dean, Lore, and Parmar say funding will help grow local music industry in Greater Victoria
VICTORIA – MLAs Mitzi Dean, Grace Lore and Ravi Parmar say that funding announced today will help B.C.-based musicians to develop their careers and grow the local music industry. “People in our community want to know that support is there …
NDP MLAs Parmar and Dean say funding will help local governments to deliver housing faster in Esquimalt and the Westshore
COLWOOD – New Democrat MLAs Ravi Parmar and Mitzi Dean say local governments are receiving funding that will help them implement new provincial legislation to build more homes for people faster. “From conversations I’ve had with Mayors and Councillors, I know that this support is …
MLA Dean says funding will support local fire department in Metchosin, keeping people safe
METCHOSIN – New Democrat MLA Mitzi Dean says that funding announced today will help the Metchosin fire department to protect more people and structures in the community. “People in Metchosin are served by an excellent fire department that keeps our community safe,” said Mitzi Dean, MLA for Esquimalt-Metchosin. “This …
MLAs Parmar and Dean say grants will support local arts and extracurricular activities in the Westshore
LANGFORD – New Democrat MLAs Ravi Parmar and Mitzi Dean say local organizations and parent advisory councils will be able to support young artists and extracurricular activities thanks to over $440,000 in Community Gaming Grants funding. This round of funding is from …
NDP MLA says expanded scholarship funding at Royal Roads University will help graduate students thrive
COLWOOD – New Democrat MLA Mitzi Dean says that graduate students at Royal Roads University will benefit from increased scholarship funding in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and other in-demand careers as part of the StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan. “Students at Royal …
NDP MLAs and Metchosin Mayor say students, families will be safer with new crosswalk
METCHOSIN – Today, MLAs Mitzi Dean, Ravi Parmar, Mayor Marie-Therese Little of Metchosin, and community stakeholders celebrated the opening of a new crosswalk at Hans Helgesen Elementary school, which they say will keep students, families, and members of the community safer as they …
NDP MLA says people in Metchosin will be kept safer with stronger emergency evacuation and public notification planning
METCHOSIN – New Democrat MLA Mitzi Dean says that people in Metchosin will be kept safer in emergency situations thanks to provincial funding to help local governments and First Nations strengthen their plans for emergency evacuation and public notification planning. “The better prepared our communities …
NDP MLAs say new team will support people in mental health or substance use crisis on the West Shore
LANGFORD – New Democrat MLA Mitzi Dean and MLA-elect Ravi Parmar say that people in a mental health or substance use crisis will have the support of mental health experts as a new Mobile Integrated Crisis Response Team (MICR) launches in …