B.C. Premier David Eby travelled to Ottawa on Wednesday to push the federal government on bail reform, major projects and softwood lumber aid, amongst other files.

Eby took with him Finance Minister Brenda Bailey, Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon, and Forests Minister Ravi Parmar. The trio were set for a working dinner with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday evening, before Carney left for a trip to Mexico.

B.C.’s agenda includes pushing Ottawa for bail reform that includes changes to intimate partner violence, after an ex-husband of a Kelowna woman was charged with killing her in broad daylight just hours after being released from jail earlier this summer.

Carney has said bail reform is on his agenda for fall legislation, but B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma has asked for more specific

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