Former lieutenant-governor Steven Point had a clear message for newly
elected BC Conservative MLAs — including his daughter — at their
swearing-in this week.
British Columbia needs to move forward on reconciliation with
Indigenous Peoples, he said, and he reminded the MLAs they are in the
legislature to serve the people of the province.
“Just keep this in mind: we’re all here on
this Earth to serve the communities that we represent, and more than
that all of the people of British Columbia,” Point said at the Tuesday
event in the legislature ...
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WARD STAMER: “Hopefully he’s actually listening to what people have to say, and not just showing up for a photo op”
In his latest travels across the province, BC Forest Minister Ravi Parmar touched down in the Okanagan. A trip essentially, he said, to be on the ground meeting industry people. I read what he had to say, and about how he has been tasked with getting more timber to market. Let me start by saying, “ He hasn’t been tasked. He and Premier Eby guaranteed 45 million cubic metres of available wood fibre – they guaranteed that .” BC Timber Sales is a government agency within the provincial forest’s ministry, which is responsible for managing a portion of the province's Crown timber; specifically, 20 percent of the province's annual allowable cut. Unfortunately, BC Timber Sales did not provide anywhere near that amount last year, it was just 12.2 percent. Three years ago, BC mills cut 52 million metres of wood, bringing in nearly $2 billion dollars to the provincial treasury. That figure doesn’t include the taxes from 55,700 people directly employed in the industry, nor from the tens o...
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