BC's next Information and Privacy Commissioner will be Michael Harvey, named in the #bcleg today, who comes to the province from Newfoundland and Labrador where he had a similar post. #bcpoli

After razing the CRAB Park camp, the City of Vancouver is pushing the site into a new direction: telling residents to move into their strictly organized new area with concrete barriers and rules to follow.

@thetyee story by Jen St. Denis, these pics by me:
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#New : The B.C. government is making a one-time $430 payment to low-income renters and increasing the monthly amounts available for senior renters. Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli

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Recommendations from the Premier's Expert Task Force on Emergencies that David Eby appointed are now out in full #bcpoli #wildfires #flooding www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/pub…

#bcpoli #forests

Indigenous Relations Minister Murray Rankin is introducing a bill in the #bcleg that will make it legal for First Nations to own or dispose of land. This should have happened a long time ago, he said. #bcpoli

1. Seniors Advocate already did most of this work, as did hundreds of concerned family members.
2. They should include the boarding out system for disabled people
3. The problem hasn't gone away

The BC government will pay a big accounting firm up to $1.5 million to tell it how to fix the long-term care funding model. Some observers doubt the consultants will get it right #bcpoli The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/2…

#bcpoli #housing

We’ve been asking this government to address the gaps in SAFER (Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters) for years now. It’s a simple fix, and the cost of that is significantly less than the cost to our society of seniors with no place to live.

Despite housing crisis, the BC government has let a program that subsidizes rents for low-income seniors erode #bcpoli #housing The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/2…

Fewer B.C. seniors are qualifying for grants to help pay rent as government has failed to adjust the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program to rising incomes and housing costs, says Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie.

Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli

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#bcpoli This thread from Amanda Follett Hosgood identifies and quotes what former cabinet minister Selina Robinson most likely meant when she said MLA Mable Elmore had made comments some found offensive.

What I want to know from #bcleg is why this remains so difficult #bcpoli

First question to new Citizens' Services Minister George Chow quotes this The Tyee story, but Premier David Eby steps in to respond #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/0…

The BC Ombudsperson released a report today called 'On the Road Again.'

Rejected titles clearly included 'Road to Nowhere,' 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' and 'Road to Hell.' #bcpoli

After BC brought in a $10 FOI application fee, the number of requests for public records dropped and the delay to respond hit a record. #bcpoli #foi

So will a new cabinet minister revisit the controversial fee?

Unlikely. The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/0…

The Conservative Party of BC announced Á'a:líya (A’aliya) Warbus, daughter of former Lieutenant Governor Steven Point will run in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake. The party had named then quickly withdrew mike geoghegan as the candidate there a couple weeks ago. #bcpoli