DELTA – Delta North MLA Ravi Kahlon is celebrating $175,000 in funding from the province for facility upgrades at Delview Park. This investment is the result of a year and a half of advocacy on Kahlon’s part. “People in my …
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MLA Janet Routledge introduces motion to stand up to white supremacy
VICTORIA – Burnaby North MLA Janet Routledge rose in the B.C. Legislature to introduce a motion that the House stand united in its opposition to white supremacy. Routledge affirmed how important it is to stand up to hate, and work …
GOVERNMENT APPLAUDS WILKINSON FOR SHARING BC LIBERAL MONEY LAUNDERING DOCUMENTS
Yeah, no. He didn’t. You’d have to ask him why: Tweet to @Wilkinson4BC Original release: VICTORIA – After months of refusing to show their work on money laundering, the BC Liberals have notified Attorney General David Eby that they have …
MLA Bowinn Ma welcomes $18.6 million in search and rescue funding
NORTH VANCOUVER – Bowinn Ma MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale is welcoming an injection of $18.6 million to the B.C. Search and Rescue Association over the next three years as the province looks at sustainable funding options. “B.C.’s ground search and …
BC Liberals double down against “wacky” renters by supporting unlimited rent increases
VICTORIA – BC Liberal housing critic Sam Sullivan added to the growing list of reasons why a BC Liberal government would be bad for renters by confirming his opposition to rent controls. Removing rent controls would lead to unlimited rent …
New building code changes already leading to investments in wood innovation and good jobs in B.C.
CASTLEGAR – Recent building code changes by the New Democrat government are already having a positive effect, with the announcement of a new $35-million mass timber plant in the West Kootenays by locally-owned Kalesnikoff Lumber. “Expanding B.C.’s innovative wood-products sector …
British Columbians support speculation tax by nearly three-to-one margin, new poll shows
A new poll today by Research Co shows that 68% of British Columbians support the BC NDP government’s speculation and vacancy tax. Just 24% of people disagree with it. The poll shows broad support for the speculation and vacancy tax …
Andrew Wilkinson finds safe harbour with yacht club members after learning that renters and students don’t like the cut of his jib
VICTORIA – Following recent apologies and walkbacks for his “insulting” and “out of touch” comments about renters and students, BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson sailed into the West Vancouver Yacht Club yesterday to say ahoy to about two-dozen members of …
On the defensive for opposing interest-free student loans, Andrew Wilkinson pretends he never opposed them in the first place
For the second time in a week, BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson is walking back comments described by people as “out of touch” and “insulting.” Wilkinson had said Tuesday that interest-free student loans are “not the right way to go …
Andrew Wilkinson is even out of touch with his own MLAs on interest-free student loans
As BC students describe Andrew Wilkinson’s belief that “students will get carried away” with interest-free student loans as “insulting,” it appears that Andrew Wilkinson is out of touch with more than just renters and students. Even his own MLAs disagree …