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"We know that housing is a human right, but governments and the housing industry have failed to treat it as one," Allen lamented.
Bhangu said his focus remains keeping the Conservatives together and defeating the NDP in the next provincial election.
Warbus is the seventh MLA to leave the party in 17 days.
"Person after person has informed me they have decided that our new leader is unelectable," Banman said.
The BC Conservatives have until January 25, 2027 to collect the required signatures.
Day said he had "lost confidence in the judgment, conduct, and ethical standards" of Findlay's leadership "and those she has chosen to surround herself with."
"I cannot continue to sit in a caucus led by someone who has questioned my loyalty without evidence and, when given the opportunity to correct the record, has failed to do so," Wat lamented.
Eby's words came less than an hour after Prince George-Valemount MLA Rosalyn Bird announced her departure from the party, the third to do so in 11 days.
The CTF is calling on the BC government to close the Luugat supportive housing building after it cost $101,000 to operate in July with one resident remaining.
"We know what we're doing," Findlay declared.
"Political parties play an important role in our democracy," she said, "but they are vehicles for our values; they cannot become substitutes for them."
"We now have a stronger team than before," Findlay said.
A six-figure bill to keep a nearly empty Vancouver supportive-housing building open has drawn scrutiny over public spending. Sitka Media took a closer look at what’s behind the $101,000 figure.
They're working to have official party status by the time MLAs reconvene for the fall session.
“This is my decision,” Gasper said. “No one asked me to make it.”
The premier suggested Canada is in an "abusive relationship" with the United States.
It is the North Shore's sole non-vehicle bridge over Highway 1 east of Lonsdale.
Estey noted that despite some "tumultuous times," she "would not have traded the experience for the world."
"We're not getting equitable distribution and equitable representation, and it's leading to inequity in budget and outcomes."
Only 28% of respondents were open to further concessions to the US.
Data showed the BC Conservatives have dropped 3% since Research Co.'s last poll in June.
MLA Brennan Day says retaining health care workers and tackling rural ER closures should be priorities.
"He's pushing on an open door," Eby said, "and I invite him to walk through with us."
Stamer pointed out that in 2021, the forest sector contributed $1.9 billion directly to the provincial revenue, and that in 2025, it shrunk to $500 million.
Sitka Media Managing Editor Jarryd Jäger sat down with MLA and BC Conservative Economic Development Critic Gavin Dew to learn more about the economic impacts of wildfires.
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