Monday, November 18, 2019

Victoria Viewpoints: Monday, November 18, 2019




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Monday November 18, 2019


Globe and Mail 

Lawyer compares BC health care act challenges to past constitutional cases
BC proposes legislation to require oil, gas companies to disclose breakdown of fuel prices
BC Liberals call for mandatory seat belts on school buses
Crash and fuel spill from tanker carrying crude prompts BC ministry monitoring


CBC


BC government misleading public with statistics on speeding and cellphone use, group argues
BC First Nations sue to have Alcan take down the Kenney Dam
Vulnerable Kamloops youth displaced by fall fire get new home in old school
BC introduces Fuel Price Transparency Act to try to prevent gas gouging
Closing arguments begin in legal case over private health care in BC
UBC exchange students in Hong Kong 'safe and accounted for' university says
Talks continue as professors walk the picket line for 12th straight day at University of Northern BC


Vancouver Sun

David Eby proposes law to ban government from taking ICBC profits
BC puts satellite surveillance of farms on hold after outcry
Saanich school deal stays within provincial mandate, but teachers union a tougher adversary
BC introduces bill to force companies to hand over gas price data
BC medicare challenge more black eye than Broadway
Seat belts could be mandatory on new school buses in BC by 2021


Vancouver Province

ICBC move slowly to online, but brokers still in the picture


Victoria Times Colonist

Students back to School in Saanich as union ratifies contract
Union rejects offer from Western Forest Products; no talks scheduled



Victoria News

Victoria Police Department seeks provincial budget review for second year in a row
BC pushes for greater industry 'transparency' in gasoline pricing
BC petition calls for seat belts in new school buses 
Cell phone tickets worse tax grab than speed limits, Sense BC says


Global BC

BC proposes law to force oil and gas companies to reveal how gas prices are set
Over 3,000 Canadian National Railway workers on strike: union
Vernon speed limit increase divides politicians and the public
BC attorney general 'nervous' about setting specific date for online ICBC renewals
Penticton averaging a drug overdose a day, prompting renewed calls for overdose prevention site



Vancouver Courier

'Sinister' plans bring demoviction protestors back to Burnaby City Hall
BC introduces gas price transparency law forcing companies to reveal data
Burnaby TMX opponents want to waste millions on pointless TV ads
Weighing the pros and cons of strata property ownership in Vancouver



Georgia Straight

Saving BC's forestry towns - a Marshall Plan for the Interior of the province
Ginger Gosnell-Myers becomes first Indigenous fellow at SFU Morris J, Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Transit subsidy arranged for future residents in four Metrotown developments in Burnaby
BC NDP government takes baby steps to help craft cannabis growers join legal economy
False Creek Ferries dock at foot of Thurlow Street closed until January for reconstruction
CKNW morning host Jon McComb will bid adieu to his morning show on December 13
Vancouver heritage designation sought for one of Main Street's oldest stores
UBC and other Metro Vancouver universities providing assistance to exchange students leaving Hong Kong


The Tyee

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