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Barry Penner

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Political partyLiberal
MLA for Chilliwack-Hope
Assumed office2009
Succeeded byincumbent
Minister of Environment of British Columbia
In officeJune 16, 2005 - October 25, 2010
PremierGordon Campbell
Succeeded byMurray Coell
Preceded byBill Barisoff
Minister responsible for Sustainable Communities & Minister responsible for Water Stewardship of British Columbia
In officeJune 16, 2005 - June 23, 2008
PremierGordon Campbell
Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation of British Columbia
In officeOctober 25, 2010 - March 14, 2011
PremierGordon Campbell
Succeeded byMary Polak
Preceded byGeorge Abbott
Attorney General of British Columbia
Assumed officeDecember 1, 2010
PremierGordon Campbell
Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byMichael de Jong

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Barry Penner, QC is British Columbia's Attorney General. He has also served as the government's Deputy House Leader (2005 � 2009), Minister of Environment and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.

Born in Kitimat in 1966, Penner was first elected an MLA in 1996 (the riding of Chilliwack) and was re-elected in 2001 and 2005 (the riding of Chilliwack-Kent) with some of the highest margins of victory in the province. He was re-elected in the 2009 British Columbia general election to represent the reconfigured Chilliwack-Hope constituency with more than 53% of votes cast.Penner has also served as President of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) beginning in June 2002.

Penner has a Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby and a law degree from the University of Victoria. He has worked as a park ranger and is known as an advocate for small-hydro, wind power and other alternative energy sources.

In June 2007, Penner announced that he would continue working as a Minister while receiving treatment for leiomyosarcoma, a type of cancer.

In 2008 Barry Penner married Daris LaPointe, top of Manning Park where they first met years earlier.



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April 2009 - A recently discovered active logging operation in spotted owl habitat on Fire Mountain, located just north of Harrison Lake, British Columbia Canada has sparked calls from the Wilderness Committee for the resignation of BC Environment Minister Barry Penner. For more info about the Wilderness Committee's campaign to protect Canada's spotted owls, go to: www.wildernesscommittee.org
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Barry Penner , BC's Minister of the Environment and MLA Chilliwack-Kent describes the newly installed Cable Barrier on Highway 1 outside of Chilliwack BC, designed to help limit the severity in serious car crashes where automobiles otherwise hit a concrete meridian, or veer into oncoming traffic.
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Barry Penner, BC's Minister of the Environment and MLA for Chilliwack-Kent highlights the new campus for the University of the Fraser Valley
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ECO CHIC TV: Going Green Without Giving Up Your Jet~Set Lifestyle with Host Lubica Parilakova at the inauguration of The Eye of the Wind (www.goski.com on Grouse Mountain (www.grousemountain.com in Vancouver. In this segment Lubica interviews the President of Grouse Mountain, Stuart McLaughlin and the Honourable Barry Penner, Canada's Minister of Environment. Directed by Jaman Lloyd. Edited by Jacob Postmus. Music composed by Ben Rowley. www.EcoChicInternational.com
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Premier Gordon Campbell joined Chilliwack candidates John Les and Barry Penner on a tour of IMW, a manufacturer of compressed natural gas equipment. The company, based in Chilliwack, has undergone a huge expansion in the past three years, and now sell products worldwide. Using compressed natural gas in trucks and transit reduces greenhouse gas emissions, as natural gas is the cleanest-burning fossil fuel. IMW is supplying the equipment to fuel TransLinks new fleet of CNG clean buses. Authorized By Jim Pipe, Financial Agent BC Liberal Party. Tel: 604.606.6000, 1.800.567.2257
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Barry Penner, MLA Candidate for the BC Liberals, for Chilliwack-Hope, describes the benefits, including local jobs and green power, at a local Small Hydro Project.
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Discussion on Climate Change, featuring BC's Minister of the Environment, Barry Penner
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Barry Penner, BC Liberal Candidate for Chilliwack - Hope describes new $40 million construction project in Chilliwack...the Evan's Road Interchange. Creating jobs, and better traffic conditions in the Lower Fraser Valley.
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Barry Penner, BC Liberal candidate for Chilliwack-Hope describes the success and expansion of the Cable Barrier project on Highway 1 that has already saved lives.
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BC Liberal Candidate for Chilliwack - Hope describes legislation recently introduced to keep Children and Pets safe with legislation mandating 'Bitrex' be added to antifreeze.
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How safe are BC Courtrooms? - CKNW News Talk 980 Tweet this news
CKNW News Talk 980--Attorney-General -Barry Penner- admits he's concerned about ongoing delays in the Courts. He says the safety and security of the people in those Courtrooms remains a top priority. Penner says he's concerned about scheduling c - Date : Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:01:40 GMT+00:00
Hope still lingers for Vancouver Canucks - MetroNews Canada Tweet this news
MetroNews Canada--Boston Bar's name may cause some confusion about where our loyalties lie,” said Chilliwack-Hope MLA -Barry Penner-. “So, like Aaron Rome, the old name is suspended for the rest of the series.” Despite back-to-back maulings at - Date : Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:23:45 GMT+00:00
Cancelled trials 'a concern,' but money is tight, A-G says - Vancouver Sun Tweet this news
Vancouver Sun--Attorney-General -Barry Penner- said today he is concerned about trials being cancelled this week because of a lack of sheriffs, but added that there is no more money in the budget during this tight economy. ... - Date : Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:00:33 GMT+00:00
Governments starving justice system - Victoria Times Colonist Tweet this news
Victoria Times Colonist--The examples Attorney General -Barry Penner- cites of projects implemented to improve the system (case management and integrated courts) have been conceived and implemented by the courts themselves, not the government. Innovative - Date : Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:58:23 GMT+00:00
Funding justice must be made a priority - Canada.com Tweet this news
Canada.com--Attorney General -Barry Penner- deserves credit, perhaps, for candour on the mounting problems in the justice system. He has acknowledged that a lack of funding for courts means people accused of serious crimes are regularly freed because of e - Date : Sat, 04 Jun 2011 08:01:37 GMT+00:00
More Vancouver trials delayed over staff shortages - Vancouver Sun Tweet this news
Vancouver Sun--"Rather than the premier out lighting the Olympic torch, she should be in a room with [Attorney General -Barry-] -Penner- saying how can we properly staff the courts," Fowler said. The union representing BC sheriffs is dem - Date : Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:24 GMT+00:00
It's not called Boston anymore - Hope Standard Tweet this news
Hope Standard--The representative for Electoral Area A (Boston Bar, North Bend and Canyon Alpine) said he contacted MLA -Barry Penner- and asked what he thought of the name change. "We agreed it was a good idea," said Forman. Penner said - Date : Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:03:32 GMT+00:00
New look for hospital - Hope Standard Tweet this news
Hope Standard--MLA -Barry Penner- was on hand, calling the hospital improvements a good cause. "It reinforces to people in the community that this hospital will be here for a long time," said Penner. That has been an ongoing fear for som - Date : Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:56:16 GMT+00:00
BC probes claim that natives are left off jury pools - Toronto Star Tweet this news
Toronto Star--Eby asked Attorney General -Barry Penner- to investigate. “We hope they take this seriously,” he said. “We hope they act proactively to address these issues.” Eby said many natives do not register to vote, which leaves them off the l - Date : Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:16:55 GMT+00:00
Editorial: Justice delayed is justice denied - Victoria Times Colonist Tweet this news
Victoria Times Colonist--Attorney General -Barry Penner- deserves credit, perhaps, for candour on the mounting problems in the justice system. has acknowledged that a lack of fund-A Penner ing for courts means people accused of serious crimes are regularl - Date : Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:27:43 GMT+00:00

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