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In December 2018, he served as Lieutenant Governor of the 90th Session of the British Columbia Youth Parliament, a non-profit, non-denominational youth-run organization that combines education about the Westminster system of Parliament with the promotion of youth service in the community.
Longest-serving premier. Oversaw rapid expansion of the province's highway system and BC Rail, creation of BC Ferries, BC Hydro, and the Bank of British Columbia, hydro-electric dam-building projects on the Columbia and Peace Rivers and the creation of the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University. 26: Dave Barrett (1930–2018) 15 ...
Malingering is a court-martial offense in the United States military under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which defines the term as "feign[ing] illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement."
Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal, with State Department employees forcibly ...
Absent-mindedness is a mental state wherein a person is forgetfully inattentive. [1] It is the opposite mental state of mindfulness. Absent-mindedness is often caused by things such as boredom, sleepiness, rumination, distraction, or preoccupation with one's own internal monologue. When experiencing absent-mindedness, people exhibit signs of ...
The National NewsMedia Council is a national press council that reviews and adjudicates complaints from the public about the news media organizations in Canada. [1] The council was created as an amalgamation of several regional press councils, including the Ontario Press Council.
Since party politics were introduced to British Columbia, there have been a number of political parties which have controlled the government for more than ten years, including the Conservative government of the early 20th century, the interwar Liberal government, the post-war Social Credit ("Socred") government of W.A.C. Bennett and, following ...
The 42nd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2020 British Columbia general election. [5] All 87 seats were up for election. [6] The 41st Parliament of British Columbia was dissolved on September 21, 2020. The 42nd Parliament convened for its first session on December 7, 2020.