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Tax Credits for LNG – Andrew Weaver’s Amendment

Bill 10 provides increased financial incentives in the form of tax credits to LNG Canada.   Yesterday, I spoke to Andrew Weaver’s amendment to this bill as such: “be not now read a second time, as the B.C. government has not yet identified a pathway that...

Question Period: Hydraulic Fracturing

In Question Period, I asked the Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources what actions the government will take to measure water use in hydraulic fracturing practices. Transcript Q1   According to the Scientific Review of Hydraulic Fracturing in British...

Question Period: Fracking Report

The Vancouver Sun printed an article stating that B.C. doesn’t know what it needs to know about the environmental, seismic and other risks of fracking. This revelation comes from a draft copy of a 200-page technical report that was leaked to the Times Colonist...

Environmental Assessment Act – Second Reading

In the fall of 2018, I spoke to the new Environmental Assessment Act at second reading. This legislation offers us an opportunity to enhance sustainability in all senses of the word: environmental, economic, social, and...

Question Period: Species at Risk

In Question Period I rose to ask the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy about government’s action on species at risk and biodiversity loss in British...