Alberta wins a carbon tax ruling but loses out on Teck Frontier Oil Sands. Canadians are souring on protests over the Coastal GasLink pipeline, while the pipeline faces some regulatory challenges. Plus BC stands up for access to medical assistance in dying and the federal government proposes changes.
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BC Politics Roundup
- Bill 7 Province to modernize arbitration rules to improve access to justice
- Bill 9 B.C. government introduces legislation to cap expert reports in ICBC settlement cases and Evidence Act changes to speed up motor vehicle claims
- Bill 10 Tax relief for small businesses, non-profits, arts and culture groups and Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart blasts new B.C. law meant to lessen taxes for some small businesses
- Bill 8 B.C. families to benefit from school-age child care on school grounds
- Bill 13 Introduction of miscellaneous bill
- BC money laundering inquiry to begin amid hopes for answers, accountability
- Nearly three people a day died from illicit drugs in 2019
- B.C.’s maritime museum finds new home in Langford
- City of Langford rebrands, announces several projects
Main segment: Reconciling resource development and climate change
- Alberta appeal court sides with province, rules federal carbon tax is unconstitutional in 4-1 decision
- Teck Withdraws Regulatory Application for Frontier Project
- Coastal GasLink told to consult further with Wet’suwet’en by B.C. environmental office
- Growing Proportion of Canadians Have Unfavourable (60%, +11) View of Blockades
- Meeting of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, federal, provincial governments set after ‘miscommunication’
- A foot on both sides of the line’: Q&A with Indigenous MLA Adam Olsen on Wet’suwet’en conflict
Segment 2: MAID Updates
- Ladner hospice to lose BC funding for banning medically assisted dying
- Adrian Dix: Medical assistance in dying: Compassion and balance puts patients first
- BC Humanists: Don’t stop with Delta Hospice
- Bill C-7 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) first reading
- BC Humanists: Government tables bill to expand MAID
Leadership roundup
- CBC: It’s deadline day for Conservative leadership candidates – so who’s in?
- CTV: Conservative leadership race: Who’s running?
- Globe and Mail: Nine candidates expected to make it through first hurdle of Conservative leadership race
Quick takes
- Lynn Beyak has been suspended from the Senate for a second time
- Global Affairs warns Trudeau government about perils of deepening ties with China
- Conservative MPs split over Buffalo Declaration that says Alberta referendum is inevitable
- Andrew Scheer Defends Free-Market Capitalism And ‘Paw Patrol’
