The return to Legislative duties made for a busy week for North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice, with the MLA speaking to a range of topics from photo tourism in the Bella Coola Valley, to electoral reform and poverty, as well as to the remind MLA's and residents of the province of this week's Great BC Shakeout.
The focus for the week for Skeena MLA Ellis Ross appeared to that of the Kitimat area, where he spoke about the recent announcement that moves the LNG Canada terminal development towards the planning and construction stage.
Our look at the work week that just concluded, can be found below:
On the week, Ms Rice was listed six times in the accounts of the sessions of the Legislature from October 15 to 18 .
Among her talking points on the week were themes of Poverty reduction, the upcoming referendum on the potential changes to the electoral system and to remind us of this years Great British Columbia Shake Out earthquake exercise.
Monday afternoon Ms. Rice was speaking to the details of the NDP government's Bill 39 which looks to address the issue of poverty in the province.
MLA Rice speaks to issues of Prince Rupert poverty in Bill 39 debate
Tuesday and Wednesday she joined in on the Legislature debate on the upcoming electoral reform referendum, calling up some past words from a former Liberal Premier to support her call for voters to consider a proportional representation model.
MLA Rice calls on the broadcasting ghost of Christy Clark to push for electoral reform
As we noted earlier in the week, Ms. Rice's observations on the referendum are significantly different from those of the MLA representing Skeena, Ellis Ross has often spoken in the past of his opposition to the way the the referendum process has been introduced.
With more referendum information arriving by mail at homes across the region daily, we explored both of their views on the topic on Monday.
Referendum discussion set to heat up as mail in vote nears
Wednesday Ms. Rice was also preparing residents of the province for the Great British Columbia Shake Out, previewing the event on Wednesday (1:55 PM from the Legislature archive), Thursday she served as the Great BC Shake Out Monitor for the Legislature, as the MLA's joined British Columbians province-wide in the exercise on earthquake safety
BC to Shake it out at 10:18 this morning
Ms. Rice began the week on Monday, with a statement of celebration about the growing photo tourism industry that has taken root in the Bella Coola Valley, with the MLA noting that the industry has seen its rise following the ban on trophy hunting of bears in the Central Coast area.
However, as we noted yesterday, while the North Coast MLA was highlighting that achievement in the region, she has yet to make comment or observation on another issue of note for the residents of the Bella Bella region.
Heiltsuk marine response concerns gain little reaction from North Coast MLA
The North Coast MLA is also a permanent member of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, serving as the convener of that forum.
Transcripts of the work of the committee are available on the Legislature page for the Committee.
Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
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For our readers from the Terrace-Kitimat region, this week found no mention of Skeena MLA Ellis Ross for any work in the Legislature from October 15 to 18 .
From the flow of news out of the Terrace-Kitimat region this week, the bulk of Mr. Ross's attention seems to have been directed towards topics related to the recent LNG Canada announcement to move forward with their LNG shipment terminal in the Kitimat region.
MLA Ellis Ross says it's time to get to work to ensure the success of LNG
Mr. Ross is also a permanent member of the Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives,
Transcripts of the work of that committee are available on the Legislature website
There is more background on the North Coast and Skeena MLA's available from our MLA's Week Archive as well as our General Archives on the Legislature below:
North Coast constituency
Skeena and Stikine Constituencies
A larger overview of provincial issues can be found on our political portal D'Arcy McGee
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