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The House is back in session tomorrow and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with BC Premier David Eby
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Here's Alberta's mineral strategy and action plan for anyone looking to compare and contrast
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Bit of a cabinet shake up in BC this morning!

Mitzi Dean is out as Children and Families minister, replaced by Grace Lore, who has been the minister of state for child care

Dean will be taking on the child care portfolio, per a news release from the premier's office #bcpoli

Canada and Germany are close friends on the world stage. Today, PM Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of John Horgan as Canada’s next Ambassador to Canada in Germany, where he will work to continue strengthening ties and advancing our common interests. ow.ly/PJft50Q381Y

'If you see someone in a burning house, it is somewhat justified to smash a window.'

BC's Chief Coroner Lisa LaPointe on the urgent need to address the toxic drug crisis through the need to ramp up safer supply, including the need to provide safer supply without a prescription

BC's bill restricting short-term rentals will:

- only allow principal residences (plus suite or laneway house) to be listed
- give regional districts business licensing and regulation power, including over STRs
- triple fines for violations to $3k per issue per day
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Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon has introduced the short-term rental bill in the house. It will raise fines for those in noncompliance, establish a provincial registry for platforms and hosts and limit hosts to renting out their primary residence and one other unit on their property.

BC bill banning drug use in public, gives police power to seize, destroy drugs

Hard to see how this is not stigmatizing - something decrim was supposed to reduce - or basically a rollback of the decrim pilot

It makes public drug use an 'offense,' just not a criminal one
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Premier David Eby and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth are holding a press conference at 11 a.m. following QP on 'legislation to regulate public consumption of illegal substances.' I take it this means the legislation on exceptions to decrim is being tabled today. #bcpoli

BC United unveils new candidate for Prince George-Mackenzie to replace Mike Morris, who has announced he will not be running again in 2024. #bcpoli

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with BC Premier David Eby tomorrow at 1:30 PM

Eby and several BC cabinet ministers are in Ottawa 'to press the federal government for greater action' on a range of issues 'including the need to build more homes, faster” #canpoli #bcpoli

Looks like the Ottawa trip Premier David Eby teased last week - to press the federal government “to be at the table in a more aggressive way” on housing - is this week

Tomorrow night, Eby is set to attend an event with the federal NDP leader #bcpoli

Iiiiinteresting 👀

Eby said a complaint was made in July but Walker claimed constituency expenses for services to review 'multiple discipline and grievance and medical documents relating to status of [redacted]' in January #bcpoli

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As expected, not a lot of updates on the Adam Walker situation but Premier David Eby did say it was not sexual harrassment or another criminal matter, the complaint was received at the end of July from a member of staff and is not related to any run-ins with deer. #bcpoli

'There are a number of exciting announcements coming,' Eby says. 'This will be a significant fall for housing'

On top of upcoming bills to goose housing development, Eby says, 'We're also going to Ottawa...to push them as well to be at the table in a more aggressive way' #bcpoli

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The NDP have ejected Adam Walker from caucus and his parliamentary secretary position after an internal investigation of a 'human resources complaint' found misconduct on Walker's part. #bcpoli

Proof an electrified future is here (or at least in B.C.): utilities, regulators and gas station companies are battling over the rates consumers pay to charge their EVs.

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Should have posted this earlier this week but here is my latest feature for BC Today. #BCpoli politicstoday.news/british-columb…