Monday January 20, 2020 ~ NATIONAL & BC
~ West Shore Voice News
As the new year 2020 gets rolling, the work of governing gets back into action.
- The House of Commons in Ottawa is set to resume active sitting on January 27 (to February 7), February 18 to March 13, and March 23 through April 3, before a two-week break in April. First order of business is approval of ‘the new NAFTA’. Likely also some debate about relations with Iran. https://www.ourcommons.ca/en/sitting-calendar
- MPs for the south island area are: Alistair MacGregor, MP (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford) | Randall Garrison, MP (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke) | Laurel Collins, MP (Victoria)
- The BC Legislature resumes on February 11 with a Speech from the Throne, Budget Day on February 18, and the session continuing to March 5 before a two-week break, and then back in session March 23 to April 2. Likely some pipeline expansion debate. www.leg.bc.ca
- MLAs in the west shore region and Victoria are: Premier John Horgan (Langford-Juan de Fuca) | Mitzi Dean, MLA (Esquimalt-Metchosin) | Minister of Education Rob Fleming, MLA (Swan Lake) | Finance Minister Carole James (Victoria) | Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham (Saanich South).
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First version published on page 2 in the January 17, 2020 print-PDF edition of West Shore Voice News.