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Statement on Shark Water
I was moved by the new Sharkwater film and the chilling reality it portrayed. 90% of sharks have been fished out of our oceans over the last 30 years. I rose in the chamber to pay tribute to the film and the wise words of filmmaker Rob Stewart....Question Period: Clean Water and LNG Development
in Question Period, I asked the Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum how she will address cumulative impacts on B.C.’s water resources, which are already threatened by impacts from climate change, due to LNG fracking. Transcript Furstenau: In the LNG investment...Fish Processing Compliance Audit
Last November, I asked Minister Heyman about Tavish Campbell’s widely shared videos of blood water effluent being pumped into the Salish Sea. Through heckling I asked the Minister to audit every fish processing plant in the province. He agreed and today the...A New Normal
Last Wednesday, I spent much of my day in a helicopter with Andrew Wilkinson – the leader of the BC Liberal Party – and John Martin, MLA for Chilliwack. We flew from the Vancouver airport up the Fraser River, looking from above at the fast-moving, swollen...Question Period: Environmental Assessment & Professional Reliance Reform
Yesterday in Question Period, I asked the Minister of Environment if the government would make cumulative impacts or ecosystem-based management a foundational principle in how they reform the environmental assessment and professional reliance models. Here is our...
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