My letter to the Speaker, regarding the increasing use of disrespectful and offensive language and behaviour unbecoming of elected members of the Legislative Assembly.

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…we’re still working through whether other aspects of this bill are supportable, particularly with consolidation of power in Cabinet around rate-setting & an electricity allocation framework.

As it stands, the North Coast Transmission Line serves LNG & mining projects more than British Columbians.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s announcement to invest in the North Coast Transmission Line is fraught with uncertainty on how the clean electricity it delivers will be used.

While the partial Indigenous ownership of the North Coast Transmission Line outlined in Bill 31 is commendable…

“Our housing system is designed to squeeze renters for all that they’re worth, while lining the pockets of luxury developers and big landlords,” Lowan said.

A Statistics Canada study based on data from 2020 found nearly a quarter of residential property owners in B.C. were investors.

At its core, the North Coast Transmission Line is a public subsidy for resource extraction, not a long-term investment in BC’s clean energy future.

…it is being used as a disguise for this government to gut the B.C. Utilities Commission’s established role of a non-partisan body making independent, technically robust decisions in the public interest.