National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The West Coast’s commercial salmon fleet is clearly in the midst of transformative change.
Ottawa has shuttered approximately 60 per cent of B.C.’s commercial fisheries since 2021 and last month launched a licence buyback program to lure fish harvesters to exit the industry to protect plummeting salmon stocks.
Continue reading Who gets to fish for B.C. salmon in the future?
By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s Competition Bureau is launching a study on the grocery store sector as food prices rise at the fastest rate in 40 years.
The announcement came after the NDP’s opposition day motion to tackle high food prices received unanimous support in the House of Commons. From now until June 2023, the bureau says it will examine how governments can combat grocery price increases through greater competition.
Continue reading Canada’s Competition Bureau will study grocery chain pricingBy Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Bloc Québécois MP Monique Pauzé blasted the federal government in question period after a report forecasted roughly $17 billion of Trans Mountain’s public debt will be forgiven.
“The government has cooked the books to hide the fact that it continues to sink our money into the Trans Mountain pipeline,” the MP for Repentigny told the House of Commons in French on Oct. 7.
Continue reading Bloc Québécois MP Monique Pauzé confronts feds about Trans Mountain’s ‘cooked’ books
By Kaitlyn Bailey, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach is frustrated by Liberal MPs who voted against his bill to lower the voting age to 16 after it was a recommendation that came out of the Liberal government’s own consultations with youth.
Continue reading Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP’s bill to lower voting age blocked by Conservatives, Liberals
By Kaitlyn Bailey, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A motion to end the House of Common’s daily prayer reading was defeated May 11.
Sponsored by Martin Champoux, Bloc Québécois MP for Drummond, the motion sought to replace the current prayer with a moment of reflection.
The motion received only 56 votes in favour compared to 266 nays.
Continue reading Motion to to end daily prayer in the House of Commons defeated
