B.C. Legislature

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]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘What’s proposed on referendum is part of a rigged game’

May 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

Excerpt from debate during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature today (Wednesday, May 30, 2018) on the proposal for wording of the ballot on proportional representation. [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Cannabis: ‘We don’t see the government trying to sell sofas’

May 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

Excerpts from comments by Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar on Monday, May 14, 2018 during debate on Bill 31, Cannabis Distribution Act, second reading. P. [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Photo radar 2.0 is coming soon to a community near you’

May 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 with Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone, Finance Minister Carole James, and others: T. Stone: To this [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Premier arrogant, dismissive on referendum issue’

April 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

Debate in the Legislature on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 between Opposition Leader Andrew Wilkinson and Premier John Horgan on proportional representation: A. Wilkinson: Last [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘B.C . families shouldn’t have to pay $2 a litre for gasoline’

April 17, 2018 // 2 Comments

Debate in the B.C. Legislature during Question Period on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. P. Milobar: On March 12, the Environment Minister dismissed my questions about [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – Liberal members from Alberta in a tizzy over Trans Mountain

April 16, 2018 // 2 Comments

Debate in the B.C. Legislature on Monday (April 16, 2018) on the Trans Mountain pipeline. T. Stone: Yesterday we learned from the Prime Minister of Canada that the Premier [Continue]