NDP House Leader Farnworth says government plans passing 18 bills during fall session

NDP House Leader Farnworth says government plans passing 18 bills during fall sessionGetting your Trinity Audio player ready...VICTORIA — British Columbia house leader Mike Farnworth says the NDP government plans to pass 18 bills in the fall session of the legislature by the time it ends in late November. He says one of the bills would enable BC Hydro’s planned North Coast Transmission Line between Prince George and Terrace. AdvertisementThe house leader says government will not bring back elements pulled from a bill in response to American tariffs, which spurred criticism over powers it would have given government to revise almost every law and regulation in B.C. The act in response to U.S. government tariffs was tabled during the spring session and drew widespread opposition from Opposition Conservatives, former B.C. AdvertisementThis report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 2, 2025.