Provincial Government takes a tour of Moccasin Flats

PRINCE GEORGE – Premier David Eby and several other provincial government ministers are visiting Prince George from January 16-18, and several community advocates took the opportunity to invite the Premier for a tour of our community support organizations and Moccasin Flats to get a first-hand look at the challenges our community faces. While the Premier’s schedule was too busy, Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development to the Minister of Housing Roly Russell took the time to learn more, and he says he’s happy that he was able to fit the tour into his trip.

“To be able to come out and see the work that people are doing to help other people and to help improve everybody’s situation … we just finished the conversation about organized crime and gang violence and how do we help take away the support that exists there and provide the tools to counter that, to making sure people have a roof over their heads or food on the table,” Russell said.

During the trip Russell spent a lot of time speaking not only with community advocates, but many of the residents of Moccasin Flats too. Getting that boots on the ground look at the challenges Prince George is facing was a valuable experience, as well as seeing all the support that exists to help. Pointing to the community’s efforts in several projects like the tiny home initiative, Russell is motivated to take these issues back to the provincial government to spur some action and hopefully create a strong collaboration between the government, municipalities, and community support groups.