VANCOUVER – NDP MLAs Brenda Bailey and Niki Sharma say multiculturalism grant funding will help local organizations fight systemic racism throughout Vancouver. This year, priority was given to projects addressing anti-Indigenous, anti-Asian and anti-Black racism. “Everyone deserves to be safe, …
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back to Niki SharmaNDP MLAs say funding will support arts, sport and social services in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – New Democrat MLAs in Vancouver say that $1,448,052 in funding from the province will help support arts, sport and social service organizations across the city in light of challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. 15 of the 53 …
NDP Vancouver MLAs sworn into legislature
VICTORIA – Nine Vancouver New Democrat MLAs were sworn into the legislature virtually today following an historic election. Brenda Bailey, Niki Sharma, Spencer Chandra Herbert, George Chow, Adrian Dix, David Eby, Mable Elmore, George Heyman and Melanie Mark joined the …
Local MLA Shane Simpson welcomes $130,400 for students in Vancouver-Hastings
VANCOUVER – New Democrat MLA Shane Simpson is welcoming $130,400 in Community Gaming Grant funding to parent advisory councils to benefit students in Vancouver-Hastings. “All kids deserve the chance to participate in extracurricular activities, regardless of family income,” said Shane …
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 …
Local MLAs welcome child care pilot project sites in Vancouver
VANCOUVER – New Democrat MLAs Shane Simpson, Adrian Dix, David Eby and Mable Elmore are welcoming new child care investments at five organizations in Vancouver. Local families will benefit from 207 funded child care spaces with fees capped at $200 per …
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 …
Christy Clark taking money from injured workers, and giving it to donors and corporate friends
VANCOUVER – Christy Clark’s plan to take millions of dollars from the workers’ accident fund and give it to business owners is absurd and wrong, says Shane Simpson, B.C.’s New Democrat spokesperson for labour and jobs. “Despite countless injured workers around …
New Democrats table bill to protect first responders suffering from PTSD
VICTORIA— New Democrat spokesperson for labour Shane Simpson reintroduced legislation today that would ensure that first responders who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are presumed to have suffered the injury due to their work. Simpson’s Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act …
New Democrat statement on worker deaths in the Okanagan
VICTORIA— B.C. New Democrat labour spokesperson Shane Simpson issued the following statement on the two recent worker deaths in the Okanagan: “New Democrats wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the friends and families of the men who were lost …