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Opening of the 39th Parliament (Legislative Update) The first session of the 39th provincial parliament began on August 25. The morning session saw Bill Barisoff returned to the role of Speaker. Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point addressed...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (Legislative Update) Following the May 12, 2009 provincial election, a new Cabinet was appointed on June 10, 2009. Nine of the 24 cabinet members are new, including seven who are new MLAs. Many of the...

Bill 42 (The BC Elections Amendment Act) – Justice Cole’s Decision (Legislative Update) In his decision released on March 30, 2009, Justice Cole struck down the Third Party spending limits during the 60-day, pre-campaign period set out in the Act. He also stated: “I am...

Legal Challenge to Bill 42 (The BC Elections Amendment Act) Succeeds (Legislative Update) Friday, March 27 Justice Cole gave an oral decision in the Bill 42 case which struck down the Third Party spending limits during the 60 day pre-campaign period set out in the Act. The...

TILMA Contract and Bill 9 the Labour Mobility Act - Two More Reasons to be Concerned (Legislative Update) The B.C. government has recently put out to tender the administration of the TILMA - The Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement between B.C. and Alberta. This means that a private...

Cancelled Fall Sitting Replaced With Short Session (Legislative Update) On October 22, Gordon Campbell announced that the cancelled fall session of the BC legislature, which had been scheduled to run from Oct. 6 to Nov. 27, will be replaced with a short session...

BC Liberals’ legislative rampage a sign of bungled agenda (Legislative Update) Last week the BC Liberals embarked on a legislative rampage, introducing 10 new bills which resulted in a total of 27 bills to be debated in the 12 days remaining in this legislative...

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SALE – BILL 7 PROCLAIMED MARCH 31 (Legislative Update) The BC Liberals rejected Opposition efforts to include spending limits in Bill 7 – the Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 2008. Instead of limiting spending in local government...

THE SHOES MAY BE GREEN... (Legislative Update) The 2008 provincial budget was presented in the legislature on Tuesday afternoon (February 19). Prior to the budget presentation, CUPE BC secretary treasurer Mark Hancock, CUPE...

Liberals 'green-wash' P3 agenda in Throne Speech (Legislative Update) The Legislature resumed on February 12, 2008 with a “green-washed” Speech from the Throne Click here to go to the 2008 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 38th Parliament Throne...

Easing the pain of AIDs / HIV in Africa

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