tincan
Well-Known Member
Here are a few excerpts from the mandate letters to some of the new BC Ministers who will be making decisions related to fish conservation and fishing opportunities, etc. I know Premiere Horgan spoke at an SFI event a couple of years ago that I attended and being an island guy he did some fishing growing up so hopefully he will be responsive to the voices of the fishing community. We shall see.
Full list of mandate letters can be found at the link below:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/organizational-structure/cabinet/cabinet-ministers
Honourable Doug Donaldson
Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource
In your role as Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development I expect that you will make substantive progress on the following priorities:
Protect and create jobs by fighting for a fair deal for B.C. wood products in softwood lumber negotiations with the United States.
Work with communities and industry to develop a fair, lasting strategy to create more jobs by processing more logs in B.C. and to renew our forests by expanding investments in reforestation.
Expand our innovative wood-products sector by addressing regulatory and capital barriers hampering the growth of engineered wood production and work with other ministers to ensure public projects prioritize the use of B.C. wood.
Work with the Minister of Indigenous Relations, First Nations and communities to modernize land-use planning and sustainably manage B.C.’s ecosystems, rivers, lakes, watersheds, forests and old growth.
Improve wildlife management and habitat conservation, and collaborate with stakeholders to develop long and short term strategies to manage B.C.'s wildlife resources.
Honourable Michelle Mungall
Minister of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources
In your role as Minister of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources I expect that you will make substantive progress on the following priorities:
Create a roadmap for the future of B.C. energy that will drive innovation, expand energy-efficiency and conservation programs, generate new energy responsibly and sustainably, and create lasting good jobs across the province.
Reinvigorate the Innovative Clean Energy fund to boost investments in groundbreaking new energy technologies and climate change solutions.
Freeze B.C. Hydro rates while conducting a comprehensive review of the Crown corporation.
Immediately refer the Site C dam construction project to the B.C. Utilities Commission on the question of economic viability and consequences to British Columbians in the context of the current supply and demand conditions prevailing in the B.C. market.
Establish a BC Mining Jobs Task Force to create and sustain good jobs in this important industry.
Honourable George Heyman
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
In your role as Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy I expect that you will make substantive progress on the following priorities:
Renew the Climate Leadership Team within the first 100 days of your mandate.
Implement a comprehensive climate-action strategy that provides a pathway for B.C. to prosper economically while meeting carbon pollution reduction targets, including setting a new legislated 2030 reduction target and establishing separate sectoral reduction targets and plans.
Work with the Minister of Finance to implement an increase of the carbon tax by $5 per tonne per year, beginning April 1, 2018 to meet the federal government’s carbon-pricing mandate. Take measures to expand the carbon tax to fugitive emissions and to slash-pile burning.
Revitalize the Environmental Assessment process and review the professional reliance model to ensure the legal rights of First Nations are respected, and the public's expectation of a strong, transparent process is met.
Employ every tool available to defend B.C.'s interests in the face of the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, and the threat of a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic on our coast.
Enact an endangered species law and harmonize other laws to ensure they are all working towards the goal of protecting our beautiful province.
Full list of mandate letters can be found at the link below:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/organizational-structure/cabinet/cabinet-ministers
Honourable Doug Donaldson
Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource
In your role as Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development I expect that you will make substantive progress on the following priorities:
Protect and create jobs by fighting for a fair deal for B.C. wood products in softwood lumber negotiations with the United States.
Work with communities and industry to develop a fair, lasting strategy to create more jobs by processing more logs in B.C. and to renew our forests by expanding investments in reforestation.
Expand our innovative wood-products sector by addressing regulatory and capital barriers hampering the growth of engineered wood production and work with other ministers to ensure public projects prioritize the use of B.C. wood.
Work with the Minister of Indigenous Relations, First Nations and communities to modernize land-use planning and sustainably manage B.C.’s ecosystems, rivers, lakes, watersheds, forests and old growth.
Improve wildlife management and habitat conservation, and collaborate with stakeholders to develop long and short term strategies to manage B.C.'s wildlife resources.
Honourable Michelle Mungall
Minister of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources
In your role as Minister of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources I expect that you will make substantive progress on the following priorities:
Create a roadmap for the future of B.C. energy that will drive innovation, expand energy-efficiency and conservation programs, generate new energy responsibly and sustainably, and create lasting good jobs across the province.
Reinvigorate the Innovative Clean Energy fund to boost investments in groundbreaking new energy technologies and climate change solutions.
Freeze B.C. Hydro rates while conducting a comprehensive review of the Crown corporation.
Immediately refer the Site C dam construction project to the B.C. Utilities Commission on the question of economic viability and consequences to British Columbians in the context of the current supply and demand conditions prevailing in the B.C. market.
Establish a BC Mining Jobs Task Force to create and sustain good jobs in this important industry.
Honourable George Heyman
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
In your role as Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy I expect that you will make substantive progress on the following priorities:
Renew the Climate Leadership Team within the first 100 days of your mandate.
Implement a comprehensive climate-action strategy that provides a pathway for B.C. to prosper economically while meeting carbon pollution reduction targets, including setting a new legislated 2030 reduction target and establishing separate sectoral reduction targets and plans.
Work with the Minister of Finance to implement an increase of the carbon tax by $5 per tonne per year, beginning April 1, 2018 to meet the federal government’s carbon-pricing mandate. Take measures to expand the carbon tax to fugitive emissions and to slash-pile burning.
Revitalize the Environmental Assessment process and review the professional reliance model to ensure the legal rights of First Nations are respected, and the public's expectation of a strong, transparent process is met.
Employ every tool available to defend B.C.'s interests in the face of the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, and the threat of a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic on our coast.
Enact an endangered species law and harmonize other laws to ensure they are all working towards the goal of protecting our beautiful province.
