I encourage you to visit often to see my frequent updates. You can find links to more detailed information including transcripts from the legislature, video of speeches, media releases, and local resources. As your MLA it is my goal to serve you and our community in the B.C. Legislature. We live in an outstanding region here in the Cowichan Valley and we have many issues and diverse interests, it is important to me to hear from you should you have a provincial concern. Please feel free to contact my office on any issues and I or my very competent staff will do our best to help you. Our local office is open to serve you, give us a call or drop in. We can help you find the government agency you need or make suggestions on how to resolve government service issues. Take the time to explore my site and let me know what you think.   -Your MLA-Bill Routley

Below are a few of the things I am presently working on.   Bill presents senior's petition against DriveAble to the Legislature -   Click here to view   Bill speaking on the government's legislation to give woodlot owners the ability to remove land without penalty, against public interest - Click here to view Bill speaking out against "smart meters" - Click here to view   Bill discusses B.C. politics and local issues in his constituency of Cowichan Valley - Click here to view   News Items The valley is remembering a former union leader, logger and forestry politician who passed away in late December.   Roger Stanyer was the president of the local IWA 1-80 in the 1970s. It’s a union Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley was a part of and later took over as president when Stanyer went to work for the union at the national level. Routley remembers Stanyer as a man with great integrity.   - Click here to veiw   Happy Birthday Edna Lawson! We congratulate Edna Lawson on her 106th birthday! We wish her much happiness, health and good times to accompany her next year.     Malahat victim's children call for safety upgrades Vancouver Sun NDP MLA Bill Routley, whose Cowichan Valley riding includes part of the Malahat, said the fatality rate is "totally unacceptable" and the government needs ...   Premier gets good look at Nanaimo industry on visit Canada.com Bill Routley, the NDP's deputy forest critic and Cowichan Valley MLA was less-than-impressed with the announcement. "It's fine for them to open up their ...     Occupy protest draws Valley crowd Canada.com We have the provincial MLAs [Doug Routley and Bill Routley] who listen as well. Duncan city council is very progressive. The Cowichan Valley [Regional ...     C.R. gets mobile MRI Canada.com It took a lot of pushing - I think very successful campaigns from (NDP MLA) Bill Routley, my colleague in the Cowichan Valley and myself, to make sure that ...     Mobile MRI machine to be shared around central Island BCLocalNews “A number of people, myself included and my colleague Cowichan MLA Bill Routley, wrote to VIHA urging them to re-consider mobile MRI services. ...     CDH gets portable MRI BCLocalNews But Cowichan MLA Bill Routley questioned that math. He noted a static MRI machine could supply scans for about $250 each. Cowichan doctors stressed a CDH ...     Valleyview traffic-light change possible by November BCLocalNews Cam Ferguson, Cowichan Bay's deputy fire chief, said Friday he got word from MLA Bill Routley saying the transport ministry is green-lighting the requested ...     Deputy chief wants dangerous light changed BCLocalNews Ferguson — fresh from the Valleyview's recent wreck that injured four locals — has asked MLA Bill Routley to get highways to change the light. ...     Funding cuts could create latch-key kindergartners Canada.com ... 2011 12:00 AM Latch key kindergartners may be a thing of the future child, care advocates warned Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley at a Friday meeting. ...   Locals pay tribute to Jack Layton Canada.com Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley was similarly inspired by Layton, saying the NDP leader had the ability to warm up a room with his smile. ...     Health bosses reconsider mobile MRI scans Victoria Times Colonist ... two Vancouver Island MLAs, New Democrats Claire Trevena (North Island) and Bill Routley (Cowichan), wrote a letter of complaint to the health authority. ...     VIHA reconsidering MRI decision Canada.com North Island MLA Claire Trevena and Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley urged Health Minister Mike de Jong to reconsider. Since then, VIHA's rationale for the ...     Local officials keep close eye on VIHA's MRI second look Canada.com Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley and his North Island colleague Claire wrote to VIHA, complaining on behalf of their constituents. ...   MLAs turning up the heat Canada.com ... awaiting their two new hospitals," North Island MLA Claire Trevena and Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley say in a letter to Health Minister Mike de Jong. ...   VIHA decides to take second look at MRI cancellation BCLocalNews This didn't sit well with Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley, nor with the local medical professionals who pointed out trained radiologists won't move to the ...   Other News October 04, 2011 - Question period excerpt: FOREST INDUSTRY JOBS - Bill Routley, MLA for Cowichan Valley   Budget Debate April 28, 2011 Bill Routley MLA Cowichan Valley