MLA's Week: October 22-25, 2018

After a busy string of four days in the Legislature one week ago, the pace of contributions for North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice was little less hectic this week.

Ms. Rice, spoke twice in the Legislature Chamber this week, providing an update on the recent forest fire season and the plan ahead for recovery for MLA's, as well as to deliver a short tribute to the Filipino community in Prince Rupert.

This week also saw the debate over the upcoming referendum on electoral reform gain some momentum, with both Premier John Horgan and Andrew Wilkinson, the leader of the Liberal Opposition taking to the floor of the Legislature with their observations.

Robo calling our way to referendum

Our look at the remainder of the work week that just concluded, can be found below:

On the week, Ms Rice was listed twice  in the accounts of the sessions of the Legislature from October 22 to 25 .

Among her talking points on the was a review of the past forest fire season and some thoughts on the impact of the Filipino community as part of the mosaic found in Prince Rupert.

Monday morning Ms. Rice delivered some follow up notes related to the province's forest fire situation of this past summer, providing some notes on the recovery plan that the province has in place for affected communities.

On Tuesday morning, the MLA"s focus was on Prince Rupert's Filipino residents and the scope of their involvement in the community.

MLA Rice hails 45 years of civic participation from Prince Rupert's Filipino community

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 22 to 25.

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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