Connecting with the three new local MLAs – Rosalyn Bird, Sheldon Clare and Kiel Giddens - to brief them up to speed on local issues is a priority, the city's Intergovernmental Affairs Committee determined at its Wednesday meeting.
The three Prince George MLAs who will be sworn in on Tuesday, Nov. 12 are replacing Shirley Bond and Mike Morris, who have a combined 40 years of experience in provincial politics and a long record of representing the city’s interests in Victoria.
The intergovernmental affairs committee also plans to touch base with the new NDP government and hopes to meet with the auditor-general and finance minister once Premier David Eby announces his cabinet on Nov. 18.
The city also plans to reach out to the Green Party and its two elected MLAs who can potentially sway votes, with the NDP holding only a 47-44 majority over the Conservatives.
There will be plenty of new faces in Legislature. Fifteen of the 27 ministers in Eby’s cabinet before the election are not returning to government and the NDP won just five seats outside of the Lower Mainland or Vancouver Island, so there will be plenty of shuffling of cabinet posts.
Coun. Frizzell noted the change in election boundaries brings Quesnel into the conversation as part of Clare's Prince George-North Cariboo riding.
The intergovernmental affairs committee plans to meet the first Tuesday of each month of 2025, except for July.
