NDP housing critic
Diane Thorne
has claimed that BC Housing officials told her last March that the redevelopment of the 224-unit
Little Mountain social-housing complex
would be a phased project. "That's what they told me," Thorne told the
Straight
. "It would be phased to try and minimize the dislocation for the tenants."
The controversial
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement
between B.C. and Alberta was not debated in the legislature before it came into effect on April 1.
The Native Education College on Vancouver’s East Side will remain open despite continued financial difficulties, Chief David Walkem, board chair for the NEC, has announced.