Updated with later results. Also , Romeo Saganash of the NDP was declared elected after original publication of this story, so his name has been dropped from the list of NDP stars who lost seats. Skeena Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen retook the riding in landslide in the federal election, Monday October 19. […]
On Monday, October 20, 2014, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Gail Shea, stood in the House of Commons during Question Period and proved she is not up for the job. Answering questions from Opposition MPs about the incident of the Russian container ship, Simushir, which drifted dangerously close to the coast of Haida Gwaii, […]
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen says at least two of the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel’s 209 conditions may already be outdated. In a news release January 15, 2013, Cullen said, “The requirement of $950 million in spill insurance was recently called into question as reports surfaced of cleanup costs at the sites of […]
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP and NDP House Leader, reacting to Northwest Coast Energy News exclusive story that the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel has refused to consider a Fisheries and Oceans report on humpback whales says in a Facebook posting "Like many of you, I've come to see the Conservatives' hatred for science as more […]
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP and NDP House leader is calling today's framework deal between BC Premier Christy Clark and Alberta premier Alison Redford, "a bust hand." In a statement released late Tuesday, Cullen said: MP Nathan Cullen called the BC-Alberta framework agreement struck this morning regarding Enbridge “political window-dressing” that draws a blind on truth […]
“There is no need to scare people,” about tankers, Transport Minister Denis Lebel told the House of Commons on Thursday, March 28. Lebel was answering a question from Skeena Bulkley Valley MP and NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen. The official transcript from Hansard records Cullen's question about the federal government's unexpected declaration that Kitimat would […]
Both the Conservative government of Stephen Harper and Enbridge Northern Gateway have "poisoned the well" against industrial developers in the northwest of BC and that is increasing resistance to all projects, Skeena Bulkley Valley MP and NDP House Leader told reporters Thursday, February 14. Cullen was speaking during a regular conference call held with northwest […]
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP and NDP House leader says the Harper government's approval of the takeover by CNOOC, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation of the Alberta-based energy company, Nexen Inc. makes “absolutely no sense.” Cullen also told northwest reporters in an end-of-year news conference that if the Conservatives continue their present policies, “Beijing will be […]
The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel today denied a request from Skeena Bulkley Valley MP to reconsider its decision not to hold the questioning round of final hearings in Kitimat. The JRP is still reserving its decision on locations for final arguments. The panel had previously decided to hold those hearings in Prince Rupert, Prince […]
Kitimat is getting ready for the next round of Joint Review hearings in the district on the Enbridge Northern Gateway project. The JRP is scheduled to hold the ten minute comment hearings at the Haisla Recreation Centre on the afternoon of June 25 and 26. The hearings scheduled for June 27 have been cancelled because, the […]