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...
Yesterday, I spoke to Bill 26, the Ministry of Children and Family Development’s proposed amendments to the Child, Family, and Community Services Act. One of the most heartbreaking issues that I deal with in my constituency office is the separation of families....
Mother’s Day: it’s one of my favourite days of the year. There is breakfast made by the kids, and cards, and homemade gifts. There are hugs and kisses. I always feel a deep happiness, a sense of all being right with the world, a slowing down of time as I savour...
Yesterday in the legislature, I rose to share the words of Cedar George-Parker, a young Tsleil-Waututh man who was in the gallery. I met Cedar and his sister Kahya when I visited the Tsleil-Waututh Nation two weeks ago. During the visit, Cedar said that the words of...
