Sunday, March 10, 2019

MLA's Week: March 4 to 7, 2019

Having just nicely settled into their seats for the Spring session and British Columbia's MLA's head off to many destinations this weekend as the Legislature enters a two week Spring Break period, with fourteen days of legislature work behind them before the two week siesta gets underway.

For the North Coast and Northwest, a few announcements outside of the Legislature made for the current of notes for the region.

An announcement on funding for schools across the Province made for one of a number of social media updates from MLA Rice this week, with schools in the North Coast sharing in some of the province wide program.

SD52 to receive 1.5 million in funding for school enhancement

The North Coast MLA called attention to an update on the reception that the Highway 16 Transportation program has gained, sharing the comments of the Transportation Minister from the Legislature this week.

Highway 16 Transportation passenger program and MLA Rice receive accolades in Legislature statement

Friday was International Women's Day and politicians from across the spectrum paid their tributes to the theme of Balance for Better for 2019.

Political statements make for the introduction for International Women's Day 2019

The biggest news of the week from the North Coast MLA came from the official opening of a new supportive housing  development in Prince Rupert, with the MLA and a number of local officials gathering mid afternoon on Friday to hail the opening of Crow's Nest Lodge .

Crow's Nest Lodge opens in Prince Rupert

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While Ms. Rice was fairly active in relaying the news from the provincial government, she had a quiet week in the Chamber, with no presentations or statements over the four days of the legislative schedule.

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

On the week, Ms Rice was  not listed on the accounts of the sessions of the Legislature from March 4 to 7

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


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For our readers from the Terrace-Kitimat region, Skeena MLA Ellis Ross had a few mentions in the Legislative listings as part of this weeks session .

The Skeena MLA explored a few themes in the Chamber this week, speaking to the issues related to the process of Child in Care regulations in BC  on Tuesday

Ministry approach to Child in Care issues explored in Tuesday committee session

The topic of funding options for LNG also made for a Legislature discussion theme as the Skeena MLA noted that the scope of the work ahead in the Terrace-Kitimat region will need some attention from the government

Skeena MLA Ross seeks clarification on funding options for region as LNG development gets closer

He also provided a short overview of his thoughts on the observance of International Women's Day, with his commentary a mixture of personal notes and observations on how women are treated in the political realm

Political statements make for the introduction for International Women's Day 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 Monday, March 25, 2019.

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

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

Cross posted from the North Coast Review

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