MLA's week: February 12-14

British Columbia's MLA's opened up a new session of the Legislature for 2019 on Tuesday, with the delivery the Speech from the Throne from Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin.

For a good portion of the week, the early discussion provided for the various talking points from all parties related to the document which will be the NDP governments blue print for the spring, summer and into the fall.

The process of debate came to a sudden end however on Wednesday after the NDP did not have a roster of speakers in place to speak to the Speech, a window for promotion of their plans that closed pretty fast on Wednesday afternoon.

************************************************************************

Ms. Rice, had a quiet week with no exchanges in the Chamber on the topics of the first week of the new Legislative session.

Our look at the work week that just concluded, can be found below:

On the week, Ms Rice was not listed in the accounts of the sessions of the Legislature from February 12-14 

The North Coast MLA is also a permanent member of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, serving as the convener of that forum.

Transcripts of the work of the committee are available on the Legislature page for the Committee.

Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs


**************************************************************************

For our readers from the Terrace-Kitimat region, Skeena MLA Ellis Ross also had a quiet week with no mention  as part of the first week of the Legislature for 2019.

Mr. Ross is also a permanent member of the Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives.

Transcripts of the work of that committee are available on the Legislature website

The Skeena MLA is also a member of the Special Committee for Review of the Police complaint process, you can follow their work here.

There is more background on both the North Coast and Skeena MLA's available from our MLA's Week Archive, as well as our constituency archives below:

North Coast constituency

Skeena and Stikine Constituencies


The Legislature returns to its work on Tuesday, February 12th.

The full schedule for the Legislature for 2019 can be viewed here.

A larger overview of provincial issues can be found on our  Victoria Viewpoints page

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.