April 22, 2008
VAN DONGEN SHOWCASES ENHANCED DRIVER'S LICENCE IN WASHINGTON D.C.
The successful launch of the B.C. Enhanced Driver's Licence program and the importance of a smooth border experience for travellers in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will lead the agenda of John van Dongen, Solicitor General and Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, as he travels to Washington, D.C. with a delegation from the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER).
[News release]

Mar. 21, 2008
50 000 $ POUR VENIR EN AIDE AUX FEMMES FRANCOPHONES DÉMUNIES
Mar. 20, 2008, VANCOUVER – La Societé Inform’Elles recevra en 2008 une subvention de 50 000 $ du gouvernement provincial, en appui à son travail de soutien social et à ses services de soutien psychologique auprès des femmes francophones de la Colombie-Britannique. L’annonce en a été faite par le ministre d’État des Relations intergouvernementales, John van Dongen, lors d’un événement-bénéfice visant à recueillir des fonds pour cet organisme, qui s’est tenu hier soir.

$50,000 TO SUPPORT FRENCH-SPEAKING WOMEN IN NEED
VANCOUVER – Societé Inform’Elles Society will receive a $50,000 grant from the Province in 2008 to support its work delivering outreach and counselling services for French-speaking B.C. women. John van Dongen, Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, announced the Provincial support at a francophone community fundraising event for the society last night.
[Communiqué] [News release]

Mar. 11, 2008
LA JOURNÉE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE EN C.-B. CÉLEBRE LES ARTS ET LA CULTURE FRANCOPHONES
VICTORIA—Le 150e anniversaire de la Colombie-Britannique et le 400e anniversaire de la Ville de Québec seront soulignés conjointement par des artistes francophones de la Colombie-Britannique et de partout au pays, alors que le Francodôme s'installera en juin au centre-ville de Vancouver, grâce à un financement provincial de 30 000 $ consenti dans le cadre du 150e anniversaire de la Colombie-Britannique.

VICTORIA - B.C.'s 150th and Quebec City's 400th anniversaries will be celebrated together by francophone artists and performers from B.C. and across the country as $30,000 in provincial funding from BC150 brings the travelling Francodôme to downtown Vancouver in June.
[News release—la version français suit.] [Backgrounder]

Mar. 11, 2008
HARPER, CAMPBELL HAIL CO-OPERATION IN DELIVERING FOR B.C.
LEADERS ANNOUNCE THREE NEW FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL AGREEMENTS
VANCOUVER—Prime Minister Stephen Harper and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell announced three important federal-provincial agreements today and hailed them as evidence of the exceptionally "collaborative and effective" relationship between their two governments.
[News release]

Jan. 21, 2008
CANADA'S 1ST ENHANCED DRIVER'S LICENCE LAUNCHED IN B.C.
VANCOUVER—Canada’s first enhanced driver’s licences (EDLs) will be available in British Columbia for use by eligible B.C. residents driving to the United States, Premier Gordon Campbell and Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day announced today. EDLs are proposed as an alternative to the passport that will be required to enter the United States at its land and water borders no earlier than June 2009.
[News release] [More information]

Oct. 23, 2007
B.C., OREGON EXTEND PARTNERSHIP ON CLIMATE ACTION
VANCOUVER—British Columbia and Oregon extended their formal partnership on climate action and Pacific Ocean conservation today with an agreement that will result in new opportunities for collaboration between the two jurisdictions, Premier Gordon Campbell and Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski announced.
[News release] [Backgrounder] [B.C.-Oregon M.O.U.]

Oct. 23, 2007
CAMPBELL, DOER SIGN AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE ACTION
WINNIPEG—Manitoba and British Columbia will join forces to deal with climate change, improve conditions for Aboriginal citizens, and further international relations and trade under an agreement signed today by Premier Gordon Campbell and Manitoba Premier Gary Doer.
[News release] [Backgrounder] [B.C.-Manitoba M.O.U.]

Sept. 11, 2007
MINISTER TO PUSH FOR RENEWED FRENCH LANGUAGE AGREEMENTS
VICTORIA – Ensuring continued francophone services in British Columbia and raising the profile of the B.C. francophone community will top the agenda of John van Dongen, Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, as he attends the annual meeting of the Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie in Halifax, Sept. 12 and 13.
[News release]

LE MINISTRE PRÉCONISE LE RENOUVELLEMENT DES ENTENTES POUR LES FRANCOPHONES
VICTORIA – Assurer la continuité des services en français en Colombie-Britannique et accroître le rayonnement de la communauté francophone de la province seront en tête de liste du plan de travail de l’honorable John van Dongen, ministre d’État aux Relations intergouvernementales, alors qu’il assistera à la Conférence ministérielle sur la Francophone canadienne à Halifax, les 12 et 13 septembre.
[Communiqué]

August 16, 2007
B.C. URGES U.S. TO ACCEPT ENHANCED DRIVER’S LICENCE
VICTORIA – The B.C. government made recommendations yesterday to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). Among the six recommendations made, B.C. continues to strongly urge the U.S. to accept the enhanced driver’s licence as a practical, secure and convenient alternative to proposed passport requirements for land and sea entry.
[News release] [Official Submission]