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Amendment to the Environmental Management Act

Today, I moved a bill that amends the Environmental Management Act to protect drinking water. This amendment, if passed, would disallow the deposit of waste materials in a sand or gravel pit, in a limestone or sandstone quarry or above a highly sensitive...

Unregulated dams

Here is the Global News interview I did for Paul Johnson’s story about unregulated dams in BC. It’s important that we can trust regulatory bodies to ensure there is compliance with rules and consequences when rules are broken. Restoring trust in these agencies is...

Statement on Cowichan Watershed Board

Today, I spoke in the house to recognize the Cowichan Watershed Board. Cowichan has been identified by the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance as a candidate for a watershed governance pilot project – in large part due to the work of the Cowichan Watershed Board...