North Vancouver-Lonsdale February Update

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Traffic sucks. It impacts everything here on the North Shore: our economy, our businesses, our services, and our quality of life. Time wasted in traffic congestion is time that we’re not spending with our loved ones. It’s frustrating. It’s been getting worse and something has to change.

That’s why I’ve initiated the Integrated North Shore Transportation Planning Project (INSTPP — pronounced “in step”) to bring the federal government, provincial government, TransLink, and three municipalities together to tackle the issue of traffic congestion head-on and work towards both short-term and long-term solutions.

It’s a huge step in the right direction to have all levels of government on the North Shore come together on this critical issue and work to identify how we can move forward as a region. This is an issue that everyone acknowledges impacts all aspects of life on the North Shore and together we’re going to do all we can to get the North Shore moving again.

Thank you to everyone who has written my office in support of this initiative. I’ll be working hard to make sure this project achieves its goals.

In your service,


Bowinn Ma,
MLA, North Vancouver-Lonsdale
Bowinn.Ma.MLA@leg.bc.ca


What Your MLA Has Been Working On

Since the fall session wrapped up, MLA Ma has been hard at work to build a better BC. Here are just a few of the things she’s has been up to…

  • Bowinn has been serving as Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations. The Committee will be providing recommendations to the Legislative Assembly on how to best bring app-based ride hailing services to BC. The Terms of Reference, transcripts, and other information from the committee are available here. The final recommendations to the Legislative Assembly are due Feb. 15th.
  • Bowinn has been serving as a member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts. This committee is tasked with reviewing Auditor General reports on behalf of the Legislative Assembly and questioning Ministry staff on the findings of the audit. Bowinn reads every report cover to cover and levels hard-hitting questions where they are needed. Transcripts are available here and MLA Ma’s social-media length summaries of the reports can be found here on her Facebook page. A new summary is shared every Thursday.
  • Bowinn has been serving on the Treasury Board Committee and the Cabinet Housing Working Group. The results of their important work will be announced as part of the throne speech and budget later this month.
  • Bowinn has been helping community members through her community office. Our office helps community members navigate our provincial government by helping people properly direct feedback, connecting low income constituents to community resources, and taking meetings to learn more about community groups or constituent priorities. You can see the services our office offers here.

  • Bowinn spearheaded the development of the Integrated North Shore Transportation Planning Project (INSTPP). This is a new initiative which will get the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver, the District of West Vancouver, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, TransLink, and the federal government together to create a viable long-term solution to get the North Shore moving again. The Terms of Reference are available here.

B.C. Government Update

A number of recent steps have been taken by our province to make life more affordable, create good paying jobs, and improve the services you count on.

The government is going to be taking further action on housing affordabilitymoney launderingchild care, and other key issues that matter to British Columbians in the 2018 budget. Budget Day is February 20th.


Read the full February Newsletter.