Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Despite promises to ‘hit the ground running’ after last fall’s election, BC’s re-elected government has done the opposite, with impacts for democracy If October’s provincial election was a wake-up call for the BC NDP government, as some have suggested, then Premier David Eby has hit the snooze button until February. Heralded by many as a “man of action” early in his premiership, Eby’s signature urgency to deliver on his election campaign promises disappeared in late November, amid the province’s perpetual spiral of overlapping health, housing and environmental crises ... CLICK HERE for the full story

Next Monday the BC 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 have provided the NDP government of Premier John Horgan with a document outlining a comprehensive list of policy initiatives, which they say will ... encompass a green recovery to the economic crisis we fac e as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . Generally, those initiatives included but are not limited to: Using CleanBC as a guiding strategy for B.C.’s economic recovery, with a focus on recovery policies that help us reach legislated emission reduction targets;  Prioritizing economic stimulus initiatives that advance the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act   ( DRIPA) and address the structural elements that limit Indigenous self determination; Strengthening made-in-BC supply chains, to create more jobs in B.C. and make our economy more resilient to futur...