July 30th, 2019 – Richard Zussman/Global News “We’re looking for ways to improve auto insurance in B.C. and this pilot is just one of the many actions government and ICBC are taking to do that,” MLA Bowinn Ma said. “This …
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The B.C. government is delivering on its commitment to bring ride-hailing to B.C., with regulations in place that will focus on passenger, driver and company safety, and will allow companies to apply to the Passenger Transportation Board by the beginning …
TransLink testing on-demand bus app on Bowen Island
July 8th, 2019 – Bronwyn Beairsto/Bowen Island Undercurrent Bowinn Ma, Parliamentary Secretary for TransLink and MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale was also on hand for the announcement. “We know that public transit is an environmentally and socially responsible way to travel, …
Spring 2019 Update: We’re halfway through the term and three-quarters through our promises ✅ ✅ ✅
Halfway through the term, we’re already three-quarters of the way through our election promises!That’s what the CBC recently reported after they updated their Promise Tracker, which charts every tangible promise our team made during the campaign leading up to the May …
Province outlines 10-year road map for boosting mental health services for youth
June 27th, 2019 – Jane Seyd/North Shore News Bowinn Ma, North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA, became emotional at one point when talking about the stories of families who come to her office looking for help. Often people who don’t fit into very …
Temporary modular housing opens in Richmond
April 12th, 2019 – Alyse Kotyk & Megan Devlin/Richmond News Last May, hundreds of City Centre residents came out to protest a plan to build an apartment complex intended to house a portion of Richmond’s homeless. Friday, that same complex …
Provincial leaders discuss transit at AMS talk
March 30th, 2019 – Charlotte Alden/The Ubyssey At yesterday’s AMS “Transit Talk,” provincial leaders and students discussed affordable and accessible transportation, focusing on the SkyTrain to UBC and ridesharing. The event took place in the Michael Kingsmill Forum in the …
New Search and Rescue (SAR) Funding
Dear Community Member, I’m very pleased to be able to share that our BC Government has just announced the single largest provincial investment into Ground Search and Rescue services in BC’s history. In addition to the operational funding that the …
Committee looking at ridesharing to report back to legislature by month’s end
March 12th, 2019 – Richard Zussman/Global News The legislative committee looking into the future of ridesharing in British Columbia has wrapped up its work. Committee chair Bowinn Ma says the plan is to report to the legislature and release the …
Faster fender-bender clearing will keep traffic moving
March 8th, 2019/Rattan Mall, Voice Online Police will be free to clear minor crash scenes quickly and get traffic flowing again as B.C. updates the threshold for mandatory reporting of property-damage-only collisions (PDOs). “Having traffic back up because of a minor …