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John welcomes Evelyne Decorps, the Consul General of France, to the British Columbia Legislature. Ms. Decorps is a career senior officer with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, and assumed her duties as Consul General in Vancouver on September 1st, 2011.
John poses with BC Lions Geroy Simon, Brent Johnson and Jason Arakgi. The 2011 Grey Cup winners brought the trophy to the provincial legislature, where John and other BC Liberal MLAs congratulated them on their 34 to 23 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This is the first time the BC Lions have won the Grey Cup at home since 1994.
John welcomes U.S. Consul General Anne Callaghan to the British Columbia Legislature. The Consul General was in Victoria to take part in the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region 2011 winter meeting.
John joins Premier Christy Clark and Minister Naomi Yamamoto in hosting a meeting of the Consular Corps of British Columbia. The Consular Corps, based mainly in Vancouver, is the official body comprising all Consular Officers residing in the Province of British Columbia. There are 82 countries represented in the group.
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John welcomes His Excellency Rafet Akgunay, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Canada, to the British Columbia Legislature.
John welcomes His Excellency Dr. Laszlo Pordany, Ambassador of Hungary to Canada, and Mr. Andre Molnar, the Honorary Consul General, to the Legislature.
John welcomes Her Excellency Sheila Sealy-Monteith, the High Commissioner of Jamaica to Canada, on her first official visit to British Columbia.
John hosts a visit from Mr. Mohd Haniff Abd Rahman, the Consul General of Malaysia.
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John joins Chilliwack MLA Barry Penner and Health Minister Michael de Jong in officially opening Cedar Ridge, a brand new 20-bed mental health facility. At a cost of $2.7 million, Cedar Ridge will provide care for adults with complex mental health illnesses who need highly specialized care.
John with His Excellency Zhang Junsai, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China. China is one of B.C.'s most important trade partners.
John joins Her Excellency Mohau Pheko, the South African High Commissioner, on her first official trip to B.C.
John joins fellow MLAs Ben Stewart, Richard T. Lee, Douglas Horne and John Slater as they watch MLA Norm Letnick take the DriveABLE test. DriveABLE is a program designed to help identify medically impaired drivers, and evaluate whether or not they are fit to drive.
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Chilliwack MLA John Les joins Premier Christy Clark in welcoming Gyeonggi Provincial Governor KIM Moon-Soo and a Korean delegation to Vancouver, where the Premier declared April 18th "Gyeonggi Day" in B.C. Korea shares a strong trade relationship with the province, totalling billions of dollars annually. Gyeonggi is the sister province to B.C., and is the Republic of Korea's most populous province. It is the country's fastest growing economy and home to world-leading companies like Samsung, Hyundai-Kia and LG.
John joins Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Mary Polak, Attorney General Barry Penner, Tyrone O'Neill and Seabird Island First Nation Chief Clem Seymour for the signing of a new forestry agreement. Seabird Island Indian Band's new Forestry Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement will directly benefit the community's social and economic development, and allow them to build on their forestry business.
John attends the annual Francophonie Day celebration, presenting Therese Côté with a commemorative plaque which recognizes the Côté family's contribution to Victoria's francophone community. Also pictured are MLA Marc Dalton, Dr. Real Roy, President de la Fédération des Francophones de la Columbie-Britannique, and MLAs Ida Chong and Norm Letnick.
BC Liberal MLAs wear their Pink Shirts in recognition of Anti-Bullying day across the province.
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John attended the celebration and grand re-opening of the Chilliwack General Hospital, marking 100 years of service in the community. John is pictured with hospital staff and local politicians burying a time capsule.
John recently accompanied Ben Stewart, Minister of Agriculture, on a tour of local Chilliwack dairy and cattle farms. He is pictured here with Minister Stewart and staff from Kooyman's Farm (Chilliwack Cattle Co.)
John, along with Barry Penner toured the University of the Fraser Valley which is part of the Canada Education Park in Chilliwack.
John speaks at the opening ceremonies of the Chilliwack Fair on August 6th joined by Councillor Stewart McLean, Mayor Sharon Gaetz, and Councillor Sue Attrill.
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With his grandchildren cheering him on John took first place in a goat milking contest at the Chilliwack Fair
John with board member Pat Clark at the culture center’s showpiece grand piano.
The site of the future Fraser Valley University campus is a priority for John
John, fellow MLA Barry Penner and Heather Maahs, Trustee, Chilliwack Board of Education unveil the plans for two new Neighborhood Learning Centres in Chilliwack. Yarrow Community Elementary and the consolidated Rosedale Elementary/Middle School will become Neighbourhood Learning Centres with services and programs offered on-site to benefit students and the community
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John and Members of the Legislative Assembly wear pink on Pink Shirt Day to raise awareness of bullying.
John tours the new ER at Chilliwack General Hospital.
John plays the role of a stroke patient to demonstrate how Telestroke will be used at CGH.
A shot of the Telestroke unit at CGH. The neurology specialist at VGH speaks to John live at CGH to assess his stroke symptoms.
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IMW President Brad Miller shows John the different stages of a natural gas compressor.
John joins fellow MLA Barry Penner at the ribbon cutting to mark the completion of the seismic upgrades as well as the the opening of the StrongStart Centre.
Left – Right, MLA Barry Penner, Board Chair Silvia Dyck, Superintendent of Schools Corinne McCabe, John, as the celebrate the completion of seismic upgrades and opening of the new StrongStart Centre.
John and Barry Penner joined MP Chuck Strahl and president of the Justice Institute of BC Jack McGee to announce the opening of the institutes new facilities in Chilliwack.
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John speaks to an audience at the Justice Institutes announcement. The institute will open a new facility in Chilliwack.
John and Minister Stilwell announce $4.5 million for a new three-year nursing degree program at the University of the Fraser Valley.
John Les, pictured with Premier Gordon Campbell and Clerk E. George MacMinn, was sworn in today as MLA for Chilliwack-Sumas. June 8, 2009.
John and Barry inspect a Chrysler Hybrid vehicle at the opening of the University of the Fraser Valley's Advanced Vehicle Technology Centre.
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(from left) Celebrating the new partnership between the University of the Fraser Valley and Chrysler Canada are Barry Penner, Chilliwack-Kent MLA; Harv McCullough, UFV Dean of Trades & Technology; John Les, Chilliwack-Sumas MLA; Skip Bassford, UFV President; Ron Maxted, Dealer Operations Manager, Chrysler Canada; Pat Clark, Acting Mayor of Chilliwack; Jordi Tora, Service & Parts District Manager, Western Business Centre, Chrysler Canada; Ed Garrick, Western Technical Training Manager, Chrysler Canada.
John and Barry Penner, inspect one of two Dodge Challenger SRT4 calibre vehicles onsite at the University of the Fraser Valley's Trades & Technology Centre in Chilliwack.
John speaks at an announcement at University-College of the Fraser Valley for funding for their automotive, trades, welding and heavy duty mechanics program.
John and Barry Penner, MLA for Chilliwack-Kent and Minister of Environment along with Seabird Indian Band Chief Clem Seymour, centre, tour the Spring Bar gravel removal operation in Agassiz.
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John with Garry Wall, a teacher from Sardis Secondary and a recipient of the Premier’s Awards for Teaching Excellence.
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