On International Workers Day We recognized the unions & workers who fought for the 8hr workday. Challenges still affect some workers who have no access to fair pay, EI & workplace rights.

The fed govt is reviewing BC’s request to amend drug policies on decrim of use in public spaces. This will be done on scientific evidence-based decision making, not on political opportunism. The policy was meant to be a pilot project in BC. Let's see what the results show

There’s respect for real and there’s respect for show.

Workers can tell the difference. You can’t fool them with snappy slogans and snide comments.

My full remarks to Canada’s Building Trades Unions: youtu.be/w3iDNySmJhY?fe…

Honda is investing $15 bil in Can’s economy, creating thousands of sustainable, good-paying jobs in Electric Vehicle manufacturing & innovation. Canada is fast becoming the world leader in EV production. #Budget2024

On International Workers Day We recognize the unions & workers who fought for the 8hr workday. Challenges still affect some workers who have no access to fair pay, EI & workplace rights.

Physicians work tirelessly 24/7 throughout the year to keep Cdns healthy & care for those who are sick . This National Physicians Day, we honour their work, from family doctors to specialists. Our Health Care system cannot function without them. #PhysiciansDay .

#Budget2024 transfers $200b dollars into health care to provinces for Health Human Resources, to hire more doctors & nurses, cutting red-tape so they are able to practice sooner if foreign trained.

SHOUT OUT to Vancouver Canucks ON their 4-3 victory in #STANLEYCUP playoffs! Onward and upward to the next level!

#Budget2024 is building more homes on federal public lands, and in federal public buildings. We are committed to building faster & keeping rental housing more affordable.

last week, Lesbian Visibility Week celebrated diversity & progress toward equality while highlighting what still needs to be done as systemic discrimination & wage gaps persist. 1.5% of Cdns identify as lesbians, we must continue to fight for them to have equality of opportunity

Appointed to the BC Supreme Court in 1985, Hon. Wally Oppal has always been driven to seek justice. He was elected as a BC MLA where he became BC’s 2nd Indo-Cdn Attorney General. Oppal reformed the justice system to protect women & Cdns. #sikhheritagemonth

While welcoming recent legislative changes in #Kazakhstan which characterize domestic violence as a criminal offense, #OSCEPA Special Rep. on Gender Issues Dr. Hedy Fry underlines the importance of criminalizing it as a stand-alone offence too, in line with the #IstanbulConvention

Former MLA, Minister of Public Safety, author & first Indo-Cdn police chief in Canada; Kash Heed has served the metro-Vancouver area since 1979. Heed now serves on the Richmond City Council where his background serves him well in solving the drug crisis.

#Budget2024 is taking steps to reconciliation by ensuring that Indigenous communities benefit from natural resource/energy projects in their territories on their terms. These projects can also fund new roads, healthcare centres, accessible post-secondary edu & water treatment.

Building housing happens when all levels of gov’t work together. The $5 bill Can Housing Infrastructure Fund goes to P/Ts that agree to zoning for more multi-units & that adopt the Renters & Home Buyers Bill of Rights. Make sure your prov is not cutting u out of housing projects

Intl Day of Multilateralism & Diplomacy for Peace highlights the need for intl coop to prevent & resolve conflict. As regional wars escalate, we must strengthen 🇨🇦 support for the UN OSCE PA & similar intl orgs. Security & Peace can't flourish in isolationism as per #CPC ideology

Today we remember the 1.5 million Armenians who died from genocide under the Ottoman Empire. We mourn with Armenian communities. These horrors must not be forgotten. Lest we repeat them. Xenophobia Persecution & Hate is rising globally. Remember history.

Over 460 mil tonnes of plastic are produced each year, 12% of that ends up in our oceans. Plastic pollution is a global problem. As 174 countries gather in Ottawa, the Cdn gov’t is negotiating a legally binding intl treaty to end plastic pollution.