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A delegation from British Columbia is arriving in Los Angeles to highlight the advantages of partnering with the film and TV industry on Canada’s West Coast and to explore the benefits of staging productions in B.C.

B.C. is negotiating earlier pensions for wildland firefighters helping align their benefits with those of other public-safety occupations while they protect communities from increasingly challenging wildfire activity.

B.C.’s First Quarterly Report shows the Province supported growing communities while responding to a major wildfire season, high interest rates across the country and global economic challenges.

More survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual violence will soon have access to more accessible support and counselling services.

The Province supported people through a record wildfire season and a global economic slowdown in 2023-24, while continuing to build the schools, hospitals and homes people need.

More financial relief is coming to more families through the BC Family Benefit Bonus, arriving in bank accounts starting in July.

More than two million families and individuals are getting more help with costs as higher Climate Action Tax Credit payments arrived in bank accounts starting Friday, July 5, 2024.

Increased BC Family Benefit payments arriving in bank accounts this summer will help families with rising expenses due to inflation.

A new, online reporting tool has been created to support B.C. employers with an efficient way to prepare pay transparency reports.

Premier David Eby has issued the following statement celebrating Pride Season:

First Nations can now acquire, hold and register land, such as fee simple land, leaseholds and other interests in their own names directly, just as individuals, Modern Treaty Nations and corporations already could.

Premier David Eby has issued the following statement marking International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia:

Premier David Eby has issued the following statement on Moose Hide Campaign Day:

Kelli Paddon, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, has released the following statement in honour of Red Dress Day and the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and Two-Spirit People.

Women and children facing domestic violence will have access to new culturally appropriate supports to help get them out of harm’s way and rebuild their lives as the province expands supports in several B.C. cities.

Kelli Paddon, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, has released the following statement in recognition of Prevention of Violence Against Women Week:

More than two million individuals and families will see more money in their bank accounts as the climate action tax credit arrives this week.

B.C. is taking action to target housing speculation to make sure more people can find an affordable home in the communities where they live and work.

Homes will be in reach for more people in B.C. as first-time homebuyers can now save thousands of dollars more, and new measures are put in place to encourage new home and rental construction.

Violence prevention counsellors will ensure more children and youth receive information about healthy relationships and connect to critical supports if they witness or experience violence at home.