MLA's Week: April 29-May 2, 2019

Back from a two week Easter Break, the commentary in the Legislature Chamber was light for the two representatives in the Northwest.

For North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice her sole contribution in the Chamber was an introduction of a constituent on Tuesday morning.

Skeena's Ellis Ross also had few notes in the Legislature Chamber as well, making for one introduction on the week.

However he did have some extensive work in Committee, appearing as part of Budget estimates discussion on Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation.

This was also a week that saw the Provincial Government deliver another round of rural dividend funding across BC, with both the riding's of Stikine and Skeena receiving funding for a range of projects and initiatives.

Funding also made its way to a few pockets of the North Coast and Haida Gwaii, through there were no announcements to make note of for Prince Rupert, Port Edward and area First Nations from this most recent distribution of Thursday morning.

Province distributes most recent Rural Dividend Money

Turning back to the provincial political scene the week just ending looked as follows:

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For the week just passed, North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice had a fairly light agenda for commentary in the Chamber.

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

On the week, Ms Rice was listed once in the accounts of the sessions of the Legislature from April 29 to May 2

That with the North Coast MLA introducing a constituent in the Gallery to the House

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 one mentions in the Legislative Chamber listings  from April 29 to May 2

That an introduction of a visitor in the gallery on Monday afternoon.

The Skeena MLA did however make for some frequent contributions to the discussion in a Committee Session related to Indigenous Relations and Reconciliations.

A fair portion of Mr. Ross's engagement to the topic put some focus on the current government engagement with the Wet'suwe'ten First Nation in the Bulkley Valley.

Below, you can review the transcripts and video presentation of the two days of estimates debate and discussion from the  Monday and Tuesday afternoon sessions.

Tuesday April 30 PM (video)
Monday April 29 PM (video)

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 Members of the Legislature return to their work on Monday, May 6, 2019.

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

A larger overview of provincial issues can be found on our political portal D'Arcy McGee

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.