"One of the things that we all agree on, the 11 of us that signed the letter, is that aboriginal title is a constitutional fact," she said. "It's not a policy question that's open for debate."
Within the past week, six B.C. MLA's formerly under the Conservative banner now sit as independents, roughly three months into Kerry-Lynne Findlay's tenure as leader.
"I think if you'd ask people a number of months ago, whether Kerry-Lynne would emerge as the winner of the leadership race, I'm not sure a lot of people would have seen that coming," said Former Prince George Valemount MLA and Political Analyst Shirley Bond.
With all three by-elections now in hand, the Liberals have 174 seats in the House of Commons. The Conservatives have 140 seats, the Bloc Quebecois 22, the NDP six, and the Greens one.
"When we look at the continual increase to the deficit in British Columbia, and this is going to be another record setting deficit, reaching over $13 billion of a deficit, and it continues to grow," Bond said.
The B.C. NDP is promising millions of dollars in new investments in clean energy and climate programs if re-elected, while warning a Conservative government would roll back environmental protections.
Students returned to school last month and so did school zone speed limits, but according to the Prince George RCMP, many drivers are not remembering to slow down in school zones.
Operations being audited are within approximately 100 kilometres of Prince George, extending from Bear Lake in the north to Penny in the east, Hixon in the south and the Stuart River to the west. The licence has an allowable annual cut of approximately 187,000 cubic metres.