Father of Fintry & Atlin, Sr. Counsel with Penner Pacific Advisory Services, former MLA & BC Minister (Environment, Aboriginal Relations & Attorney General).
Chilliwack, Canada
Joined October 2011
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Congratulations to my MLA Á'a:líya Warbus! She doubled her margin in percentage terms compared to 2024.
I hope Á'a:líya gets some rest. Heavy lifting ahead. A $13.8 billion annual deficit = need to reinvigorate the economy & bring greater discipline to government spending.
Barry Penner retweeted
Not long after starting @Resource_Works, I saw something special in Margareta Dovgal. She joined us and became a leading part of our success as we built a British Columbia and national voice for Canada’s natural resources.
A decade later, tonight she’s the new MLA for Vancouver-Yaletown!
We’ll miss her terribly. But seeing her dreams come true is a joy. BC is gaining an exceptional talent, and I couldn’t be prouder.
Just before the last BC election two years ago (before the current unnecessary $80+ million election triggered by Premier Eby), the NDP government promised Chilliwack a new seniors care home.
After the election, they cancelled the contract. Seniors deserve better.
Just one polling station open today to serve both Chilliwack-Cultus Lake and Chilliwack-North ridings. It was a 45 minute wait as 3 ElectionsBC staff checked identification and handed out ballots.
🔥BC'ers prefer choice over edicts for heating & vehicles.
A new Ipsos poll finds 63% want freedom to choose natural gas or electricity for heating — not provincial or municipal bans that give only one option. 70% want more flexibility on EV mandates.
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Barry Penner retweeted
This was the same logic behind more than 40 tax hikes under this NDP government.
That’s how we’ve ended up with the highest marginal tax rate in the world and the lowest small business confidence in Canada.
Straw by straw until it breaks the camels back.
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Although he doesn’t acknowledge his previous support for tariffs unilaterally imposed by Donald Trump, it’s nice to see a prominent Republican speaking out against them now.
Highest personal income taxes in the world? Wow, that will sure make B.C. more competitive & better able to stand up to Donald Trump…as it becomes more difficult to attract the talent needed to needed to fix our failing health care system and build our economy (sarcasm). 🤪
As of Elections BC’s 1:00 p.m. report, only the Conservatives have a full 93-candidate slate.
Provisional totals:
Conservatives 93
NDP 88
Greens 47
CentreBC 25
OneBC 21
Communists 4
Independents 3
Christian Heritage 2
CWP 1
Freedom 1
No affiliation 1
Total: 286
More to come
With one hour left before today’s nomination deadline, Elections BC had accepted:
NDP 89
Conservatives 84
Greens 45
CentreBC 21
OneBC 20
Communists 4
Independents 3
Christian Heritage 2
CWP 1
Freedom 1
No affiliation 1
Greens ran 69 candidates in the 2024 BC Election.
New Ipsos polling commissioned by the Energy Futures Institute finds strong support among British Columbians for a new oil pipeline to BC’s south coast, LNG, & consumer choice in home heating and vehicles.
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Premier Eby says gas-price regulation could save 20¢/L.
In 1996, a NDP gas-price inquiry led by Mark Jaccard pointed to market forces as the best way of regulating prices & warned about regulation.
Mark Jaccard was Chair of the BCUC then...and is again today.
What's changed?
British Columbia has an abundance of affordable natural gas.
Electricity, not so much.
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BC Hydro's latest report to the BC Utilities Commission and its recently released financial statements reveal $2.1 billion in net electricity imports over 3 years.
BC Government requires 26% of new vehicle sales to be zero-emission in 2026, yet BC Hydro’s own fleet is just 2.9% fully-electric. It operates 9× as many regular hybrids as EVs, but hybrids don't count under BC's regs even though many are built in Canada. No EVs are made here.🤷♂️
Barry Penner retweeted
The politics of energy has to catch up to the province's realities, rather than expecting the realities to wait.
@BarryPenner1 and @michellemungall—two former ministers, one from each side of the aisle—close Get It Done B.C. tomorrow, reflecting on what they have heard across the day.
Introduced by @bcox_canada and presented with @Petronas.
#GetItDoneBC
Energy interdependence cuts both ways.
BC exports lots of natural gas, but has relied on large volumes of electricity and refined fuels imported from the USA. As any economist will tell you, trade benefits both parties to the exchange. energyfuturesinstitute.ca/ne…
BC Energy Minister Dix is expected to confirm this morning that BC Hydro is buying a natural gas power plant in Campbell River. This is quite a reversal from plans a few months ago to shut it down by the end of October. It is a step towards energy realism over ideology. #BCPoli
As we heard loud & clear at the @PNWER 2026 Summit this week, more LNG is needed on the west coast to reduce emissions from shipping. BC has an opportunity to fill this need after today’s announcement about the $2 billion Tilbury expansion project.
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