The #BCLeg Canadian flag is at half-mast today to mark the National #DayOfMourning for workers who died, were injured, or became ill from their job. Last year, we unveiled the Workers’ Memorial in the Garden of Honour. We remember them. #BCpoli

🌎Happy #EarthDay from #BCLeg !🌎

The #BCLeg Children and Youth Committee has released its Annual Report, which summarizes the Committee’s activities from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.
Read the report: bcleg.ca/3UiqWMx
#BCpoli

The debate over BC's decriminalization program is even more explosive in Ottawa than it is in the #bcleg .
Before he was ejected, Pierre Poilievre's overall argument was that every day Justin Trudeau waits to grant David Eby's recriminalization request, people are dying.

BC & Vancouver #yvr Lower Mainland Coastal flood risk in will intensify (accelerate) in the near future #vanpoli #yyjpoli #bcndp #ndp #bcleg #bclng #cleanbc #slr

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Celebrating BC writers and publishers at #BCLeg on the 10th anniversary of #BCBookDay !

Watched QP from the House of Commons today. Holy moly. I thought #bcleg QP was bad. Leaders debating decriminalization.
Pierre Poilievre ejected from the chamber for saying to Justin Trudeau: 'When will we put an end to this whacko policy by this whacko Prime Minister?'

During today's proceedings, #BCLeg was honoured to welcome members of the Haida Nation in conjunction with the introduction of Bill 25, which, if passed, would recognize Haida Aboriginal title in provincial law. #BCpoli

Today John Rustad introduced Conservative Party of BC motion in #bcleg to require recognizing an athlete’s birth-gender, citing physicality differences. Rustad said the dignity of persons born female would be respected in the (defeated) motion. islandsocialtrends.ca/bc-conservativ… | #bcpoli

Today, #BCLeg is hosting a Creative Industries Week Showcase, celebrating BC’s dynamic creative sectors in film & TV, creative technology, music, and books & magazine publishing. #CreativeIndustriesWeek

Remember this the next time some #rwnj accuses you of being close-minded and not wanting to hear other perspectives. #Canada #cdnpoli #ableg #skleg #mbleg #onleg #nbleg #nsleg #qcleg #bcleg #ytleg #nuleg #ntleg #peileg #nlleg Pierre Poilievre is a low information asshole.

Bonnie Henry & Adrian Dix need to be investigated and put in prison. #bcleg #cdnpolitics

In #bcleg now: Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
Jennifer Whiteside re the #overdose crisis in BC was a bit more forthright than usual in articulating that 'organized crime is doing this to our communities'. #bcpoli

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #bcleg #bcndp #fraserhealth #onpoli #polpq #canpoli #kisilano #vancouver #surreybc #oursurrey #victoriabc #steeleandvance

I'd like to see Alberta pay for it's own wildfires. No way should federal funds be paying for their climate disasters that UCP ignores. #bcleg

OTD in 2006, the Kermode bear, also known as the spirit bear, became BC's mammal emblem under the Provincial Symbols and Honours Act. Visit the #BCLeg Gift Shop to find your own little spirit bear! bcleg.ca/giftshop.

NDP MLA Bob D'Eith puts in an earplug to drown out the shouting (and perhaps content) of Bruce Banman beside him when he asks a question in #bcleg QP.

Also, and just putting this out there, here's Kevin Falcon on the issue of a #bcleg cat:
“When I’m premier, I’m going to make sure we get a cat at the legislature.”
So. 🐈🐱

NEW - The BC NDP has used its majority to block a BC United #bcleg motion to debate decriminalization in the legislature and vote on whether parties support the issue or it should be repealed.

Her Honour Janet Austin attended #BCLeg this afternoon and granted Royal Assent to 9 bills passed by the Legislative Assembly — an important final step in the lawmaking process. #BCpoli