Remarks by Finance Minister Selina Robinson in the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Hon. S. Robinson: I rise today with some sad news. Katherine McParland, a [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. LEGISLATURE gets back to work today, and MLAs have a lot of work to do. The one- or two-week session will be scant on legislation [Continue]
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. LEGISLATURE went back to work Monday, albeit in somewhat truncated form, with some members being present in Victoria and others [Continue]
MONDAY THE B.C. LEGISLATURE will be back in session. So what will be coming out of this new session? For the BC Green Party, interim leader Adam Olsen informed me that they [Continue]
An excerpt from a speech by Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar during the Throne Speech debate this week in the Legislature: Now, there’s a gentleman, a former [Continue]
Excerpt from Question Period in B.C. Legislature on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. A. Wilkinson: Yesterday we saw the Granville Street bridge blocked for a few hours. Thousands of [Continue]
THERE WAS LOTS to digest in the latest Accountability and Expense Reports for individual MLA’s, their offices, and more — for the period of April 1 to Sept. 30, 2019. [Continue]
WHEN THE B.C. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY resumes sitting Monday morning, one of its members will recite a prayer, as usual. Some people don’t like those prayers. They don’t [Continue]
An excerpt from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature today (Oct. 10, 2019). Hon. D. Donaldson: I think we deserve a little context here, for the record. Forestry workers [Continue]
THE MANY WAYS adults act like children will never cease to be fascinating. From video game obsessions to adult colouring books, more and more grown-ups are trying to hold [Continue]
Debate in the Legislature on Thursday, March 28, 2019 on moving Land Titles records from Kamloops. Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA [Continue]
WHEN LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER Darryl Plecas outlined in his eponymous report instances of flagrant spending by entitled legislative officers earlier this year, the widespread [Continue]
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]