B.C. Legislature

TRAVIS – Government’s credit card charges reveal eclectic spending record

March 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

GOVERNMENTS MUST DREAD the day they have to post their credit card charges online. Thousands of charges totalling in the millions of dollars, it’s a sure bet someone [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Tributes to ‘respectful and fair’ NL stalwart Angelo Iacobucci

February 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Comments by Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Langley East MLA Rich Coleman in the B.C. Legislature today, Feb. 21, 2019. T. Stone: Recently Kamloops lost a [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘There’s a problem here and we all have to fix it’

February 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

Debate in the B.C. Legislature today (Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019) between Premier John Horgan and Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver on the Speaker’s report and clerk [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Scandals here and in Ottawa outdo boring Throne Speech

February 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IN NORMAL TIMES, yesterday’s Speech from the Throne in the B.C. Legislature would have dominated the news for a couple of days. But these [Continue]

KNOX – In the hinterland, legislature fuss feeds disconnect with capital

January 27, 2019 // 1 Comment

CHERYL-ANN ABERNATHY doesn’t know much about the allegations of improper spending at the legislature but they don’t surprise her. Lots of things go on in Victoria’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Doesn’t every Legislature need a wood splitter of its own?

January 23, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL about the wood splitter? Doesn’t every Legislature need one? You never know when a tree is going to fall down on the [Continue]

TRAVIS – Drama at B.C. Legislature more Shakespeare than Animal House

December 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [Continue]

MILOBAR – ‘There’s a very big lack of confidence in this process’

November 26, 2018 // 9 Comments

A statement in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 on the recent municipal election campaign and the current referendum on proposed electoral change. P. Milobar: It [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Start communicating on B.C. Legislature suspensions

November 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ALMOST A WEEK after the dramatic events at the B.C. Legislature the public still hasn’t been let in on the secret of what’s going on at [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Clerk, Sergeant at Arms placed on administrative leave

November 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Solicitor General Mike Farnworth in the B.C. Legislature today, Nov. 20,. 2018: Hon. M. Farnworth: By leave, I move: That Mr. Craig James, Clerk of the Legislative [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Will Kamloops-South Thompson be rural or urban under PR?

November 19, 2018 // 2 Comments

Debate between Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Premier John Horgan during Question Period on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. T. Stone: There remain dozens of details that [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – A poetic dissertation on what’s wrong with the referendum

October 23, 2018 // 6 Comments

Debate in the Legislature Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 on the referendum on electoral change, with Opposition members questioning Premier John Horgan on a date for a televised [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – What is the Premier hiding from the House on LNG deal?

October 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Question Period on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 between Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson and Premier John Horgan on the LNG project announced earlier this week. A. Wilkinson: [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Partisan NDP hacks dispatched to non-partisan offices’

May 31, 2018 // 3 Comments

‘The member from Kamloops is no longer talking about grilled cheese sandwiches’ Excerpt from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Thursday, May 31, 2018, on [Continue]