Dan Albas MP Back in January of 2021, when the idea of a “vaccine passport” first emerged that would prevent unvaccinated citizens to travel and have access to various public amenities and services, the idea was strongly opposed by PM ...
More doctors or free pharmacare?
Dan Albas MP If you are in public office, “polls” are increasingly part of the territory. Governments themselves increasingly pay for polling data. In 2020 it was revealed that the Trudeau Liberal Government had tripled its spending on polls. One ...
What’s the plan?
Dan Albas MP It was two weeks ago that CBC reported that Canada’s Chief Public Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam stated: “all existing public health policies, including provincial vaccine passports, need to be “re-examined” — because it’s clear now that Canada ...
Albas: protests are common
Dan Albas MP For the most part, events that are the focus of attention in Ottawa are seldom the same concerns that I hear from citizens locally. This is why Ottawa is often referred to as “the Ottawa bubble”. This ...
EI Account Balance
Dan Albas MP In a recent report, I referenced an exchange that I had in June of 2020 with the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion. In the exchange I was asking the question; “Can the Minister please tell us the ...
Disaster relief funding may not be enough
Dan Albas MP At the time of writing this week’s report Merritt, Princeton and the surrounding areas, including Indigenous communities in these regions, are once again threatened by heavy rainfalls that has resulted in more evacuation orders being issued. I ...
Parliament resumes — should it be hybrid or in person?
Dan Albas MP This week, more than two months since the September federal election, finally the House of Commons is back in session again. The first order of business is always to elect a new Speaker, which is a democratic ...
Emergency preparedness
Dan Albas MP There is a saying in social media…” I can’t un-see that”…often associated with online posts the depict some sort of rarely seen, almost impossible to comprehend act or event conveniently captured in a manner that generates “likes” ...
PM has an obligation to work with — not against — Provinces
Dan Albas MP This week it was the Leader of the Official Opposition’s turn to announce his appointments of shadow cabinet critics in the new Parliament. I was honoured to be returned to the role of Shadow Minister for Environment & ...
Time to reopen YLW to international flights
Dan Albas MP This week Prime Minister Trudeau finally announced his new cabinet, after waiting over one month since the September election. Not unlike what occurred under former Prime Minister Harper, the new cabinet announced yesterday by PM Trudeau is ...
Data gathering
Dan Albas MP It was in an October of 2018 MP Report that I referenced serious concerns raised by residents on news that Statistics Canada was demanding access to certain Canadians’ personal financial and banking information, including all transactions along ...
Final election results in for Peachland’s riding, NDP moves into second place finish
Jake Courtepatte With all mail-in and special ballots now fully tabulated from the 2021 federal election, the riding of Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola saw a slight change of order. The New Democratic Party was able to slightly overtake the Liberal Party in ...
How to advance progress on reconciliation?
Dan Albas MP Normally during the third week of September, all MPs would be heading back to Ottawa as the House of Commons would resume the fall sitting. This year, because of the election called by the prime minister, it ...
Where do we go from here?
Dan Albas MP My last report to you as your Member of Parliament was Wednesday, August 11th, 2021. While that was just six weeks ago it is remarkable what has happened in that time. Locally we have witnessed unprecedented wildfire ...
Albas returns for fourth term
Joanne Layh Dan Albas is back for a fourth term, once again winning a seat in the riding of Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola. Due to COVID, there was no election wrap up event for his supporters. Instead, Albas released a video statement ...