Ian Paton
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MLA for Delta South. BC Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food
Delta, British Columbia
Joined December 2014
From fixing ER closures, to repealing DRIPA, and bolstering BC's businesses climate and entrepreneurial capacity - this is worth a read. The BC Conservatives are starting the year off with renewed unity and vision. #bcpoli
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Exactly two weeks after John Rustad stepped down and closed one chapter in the history of the BC Conservatives, the Western Standard sat down with Interim Leader Trevor Halford to see how things have...
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The definition of rationing is controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods and services. In other words we can't pay for what we need so we have to cut back. Now lets look at healthcare in BC: - we are rationing access to primary care - we are rationing access to
In 2022, 1 million British Columbians were waiting to see a Specialist, and as of late 2024, that number grew to 1.2 million. Specialist wait times represent a vital sign of any healthcare system and we can’t fix the healthcare crisis until we fix access to Specialists.
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Interesting and very informed take from the @icbabc on consequences of the proposed changes to the Heritage Conservation Act. This is in no way designed to speed up or streamline anything. These changes are yet another attempt to align B.C. Laws with DRIPA and it has to stop.
ICBA IMPACT 2025: A couple of years ago, when we first heard about coming changes to the Heritage Conservation Act -- specifically the ability for people to stop projects due to "intangible archaeology", ICBA sprung to action. The NDP retracted the proposal, then went
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This is the BC NDP’s legacy for 2025, a year defined by failure. Expanded government power. Record deficits. A health-care system in crisis. Public safety deteriorating. Forestry jobs destroyed. And a land title dispute escalated to the point that private property rights are now
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Claims BC is making progress salvaging wildfire-damaged timber are masking deeper problems in the #BCForest sector, the @BCConservCaucus forestry critic @WardStamer says https://t.co/AgBlzSymUF
#bcpoli #bcforestry
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Agree or not, arguably the biggest political issue in BC. #bcpoli
Canada wants to defend its sovereignty against the United States. A crucial first step is to defend its integrity against those who'd carve the country's territory up into quasi-independent sub-nations. My latest in @TheAtlantic
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BC Cattleman's Association President, Werner Stump, wrote an exceptional op-ed: "The potential consequence of this ruling (UNDRIP) is to make BC non-governable. Effectively all decisions about BC laws are to be made in consultation and in cooperation with over 200 First Nation
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🚨Legal professionals warned the NDP of potential consequences that UNDRIP posed. In 2018, MLA Michael Lee asked whether government had received external legal advice cautioning that its UNDRIP approach needed limits or constraints. 🚨Eby refused to answer, citing
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The state of our healthcare is the epitome of the “Everything’s Fine” meme. We have three tier healthcare in BC, and the third tier is no care at all.
The maternity unit at White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital closed its doors Monday morning, with expectant parents to be diverted elsewhere for another three days.
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Mission’s ER is closed overnight. White Rock Hospital won’t be delivering babies. Now Fraser Health has transported the wrong patient to the wrong home. That is a serious failure in patient identification and care. Under Josie Osborne, the health system is losing control of
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David Eby says there is no clear path on land title. Leaving ownership unresolved creates permanent uncertainty. Investment slows, projects stall, and economic reconciliation suffers. British Columbia cannot function in this chaos. Clear rules and certainty are needed so
Opinion: David Eby has no path forward on the most consequential file shaping B.C.'s future https://t.co/sBlFxsTk7i
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@TrevHal is absolutely right. The Public Didn’t Vote For: ➡️Crown Land Giveaways. ➡️Consent Over Land Access. ➡️Private Property Uncertainties. ➡️Co-Governance of the Province. ➡️Redrawing of B.C. Laws. ➡️Business Investment Anxiety. ➡️Secretive Backroom Deals. ➡️Legal
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From our big Conservative family to yours! Merry Christmas! 🎄
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A very Merry Christmas from the Paton family to yours. It has been an honour and privilege to serve Delta South this year. A special thanks to all those working over the holidays to keep us safe, and care for our health. You service is appreciated beyond words.
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🧵4/9 This is what gets left out. A bridge would have allowed SkyTrain to cross south, with a first southbound likely station near Cascades Casino and a likely station at the 99/91 interchange, where a short bypass along Highway 91 could connect the line east to Highway 10. The
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🧵 1/9 In Estimates, I asked a simple question: will the Massey Tunnel replacement project cost more than $5B or $6B? The minister could not answer. British Columbians still do not know the project’s real cost. I then asked about the cost of delay. Years lost after the bridge
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🚨 UNBELIEVABLE PUBLIC SAFETY FAILURE 🚨 The NDP are the landlords their job is to keep residents safe. Instead, they allowed an accused killer to move into taxpayer-funded supportive housing among vulnerable residents. They don’t hold violent offenders in jail, can’t track
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💥Mosaic books. 💥A Kelowna Vet. 💥Wild Kingdom. 💥A Bible store owner. 💥Constant Dine and Dash. 💥Business owners have to pay out of their bottom line. $9000 this year alone for Mosaic books. Many looking to relocate. Chamber of Commerce says "It’s like a never-ending song.”
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Do property rights exist in British Columbia? That is not a question anyone should be asking in a stable province. But after years of NDP legal chaos, homeowners are being forced to wonder if their land title still means anything. British Columbians deserve certainty.
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🚨FOUR MONTHS. ZERO ACTION. The NDP government still has not filed an URGENT STAY APPLICATION on the COWICHAN DECISION. This crisis didn’t happen by accident. The NDP deliberately directed government lawyers, under its UNDRIP policy, not to argue extinguishment of Aboriginal
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