COLUMN: A long overdue apology
By Frank Bucholtz
Guy with Katrine Conroy, MLA (Kootenay West), Tosh and Amy Suzuki at Legislature
Seventy years is a long time, but it’s not too long to forget.

In 1942, Japanese-Canadians who lived on the B.C. coast were forcibly relocated to internment camps in the Interior and other parts of Canada, by order of the federal government. Their crime – some were suspected of being possible security leaks to the Japanese government,

Canada had gone to war with Japan shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbour on Dec. 7, 1941, which brought the Americans into the Second World War.

To read more about the recent fines levied by WorksafeBC in the death of Samuel Fitzpatrick, click on link http://bit.ly/FOkY79

DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(HANSARD)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Afternoon Sitting

CONSTRUCTION WORKER SAFETY AT TOBA INLET PROJECT

G. Gentner: I rise today in memory of Samuel Joseph Fitzpatrick, who died three years ago today. At a young age he and his brother hired on as rock scalers for the Sea to Sky Highway upgrade.

Rock scalers clear loose debris and secure anchors. They rappel down rock faces with manual power tools. They read rock formations, set blasting charges sometimes, hanging on rock, tightening retainer bolts, applying shotcrete. It's all very dangerous work.

Port plots strategy for decades ahead

Port 2050 looks at projects on water and land, which likely includes Delta farmland embroiled in controversy

By Sandor Gyarmati

Port Metro Vancouver has begun a series of stakeholder workshops as part of its new long-term strategic vision.

Stakeholders, industry customers and First Nations are invited to give their ideas on the port authority's review of its land use plan, the first major initiative to implement the Port 2050 strategic vision.

The workshops began last week and will be held at several venues until early May. The topics range from port growth and development, strategic land development and port transportation planning.

None of the workshops are being held in Delta, home to the Deltaport container terminal and an area eyed for a major expansion in the next few years.

The workshops will be followed by a series of public open houses in June, but those times and locations haven't been announced.

MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 4, 2012

Time to stand up for the ALR and protect Delta farmland, say New Democrats

Victoria— In light of revelations that developers have options to purchase agreements on 600 acres of prime farmland in Delta, New Democrats are calling on the B.C. Liberals to make it clear that the land won't be removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve.

“The Liberals have been quietly allowing the Agricultural Land Reserve to be eroded for the last 11 years,” said New Democrat agriculture critic Lana Popham. “It’s time for the Liberals to tell British Columbians where they stand. If they truly support the Agricultural Land Reserve, they need to make it clear that this 600 acre parcel will remain in the reserve.”