HBC STRATEGIC PLAN: On Monday, April 23, 2012, Heritage BC sat down with Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, who is responsible for the heritage file. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the recently-completed HBC Strategic Plan which Mr. Thomson had generously assisted last fall with a $35,000 project grant. The plan envisions a more independent organization and a new relationship with the provincial government...
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At the Heritage BC Annual Conference at Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre on September 30, 2011, the Honourable Steve Thomson, minister responsible for heritage conservation, announced that a financial contribution of $35,000 will be made to Heritage BC over the next six months.  The funds are to assist Heritage BC develop a new strategic plan. Until 2009, the provincial government had provided annual operating funding for Heritage BC.  That...
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The Honourable Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, will speak at the Heritage BC Annual Conference at 1:00 PM on Friday, September 30. Mr. Thomson’s ministry includes archaeology and heritage conservation. First elected to the legislature in 2009, Mr. Thomson has been responsible for heritage since March of this year.  He has served as a director of the Kelowna Museum, and his family has owned a heritage...
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The installation of the new provincial cabinet on Monday revealed that heritage is once again in a new ministry, under a new minister.  Steve Thomson is the forth minister responsible for heritage in less than two years. The provincial Heritage Branch has been moved from tourism to the new Ministry of Forest, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations. Heritage is within the Natural Resource Operations Division, and is thirty-first in a list of 35...
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A news release last week by Liberal leadership candidate George Abbott announced his intention, as premier, to support the Heritage Legacy Fund and Heritage BC (see Update February 21).  We then asked the other candidates for their response, and received the following from Christie Clark: “I think George has some very good ideas around heritage conservation. While I'm not able to make promises around funding increases at this time, I do...
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