In the weeks leading up to B.C.’s fall election, Premier John Horgan promised to implement all 14 recommendations of the old-growth strategic panel review, saying his government is “committed to implementing the report in its totality.” Horgan has cited the need to consult with First Nations as a factor delaying more action on the recommendations.
When asked where funding for implementing the promised changes are in the budget, Finance Minister Selina Robinson said funding already exists under the existing Ministry of Forests budget.
When pressed about the reduction in funding to the ministry cut 4.4 per cent this year she repeated her response.
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The Crown land sale, once intended for an LNG project, has sparked rights warnings from neighbouring First Nations.
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. SHARES Ginger Gosnell-Myers says she and other Nisga’a citizens are in the dark about what their leadership is doing. ‘We don’t always understand what’s happening until there’s a signing agreement about to be announced.’
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Expectations of an LNG export boom in British Columbia have faded as low prices and the provincial government’s greenhouse emission targets have created barriers for any new projects.