NANAIMO – New Democrat MLAs Sheila Malcolmson and Doug Routley say more young people will have better access to vital health care services, including primary care, counselling, early intervention, prevention and addictions supports closer to home with a new Foundry centre on …
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MLAs Parmar and Dean say youth will have better access to care with new Foundry Centre coming to Sooke and West Shore Community
SOOKE – New Democrat MLAs Ravi Parmar and Mitzi Dean say more young people will have better access to vital health care services, including primary care, counselling, early intervention, prevention and addictions supports closer to home with a new Foundry centre on …
MLAs Paddon and Coulter say youth will have better access to care with new Foundry Centre coming to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK- New Democrat MLAs Dan Coulter and Kelli Paddon say more young people will have better access to vital health care services, including primary care, counselling, early intervention, prevention and addictions supports closer to home with a new Foundry centre on …
Falcon cut social housing investments by a staggering 75% as Finance Minister
After spending most of the last week calling for spending cuts, Kevin Falcon abruptly switched his approach today and called for more social housing investments. But his record shows which he would do: as Finance Minister, he cut social housing …
Falcon thinks Flipping tax unnecessary because “market has slowed down”
Reacting to the budget on Thursday, Kevin Falcon suggested the house flipping tax introduced in Budget 2024 isn’t necessary “because the market has slowed down considerably.” (CBC, Feb 23 2024) Budget 2024 introduces a Flipping tax of 20% on the …
“You gotta be impressed” and other things people are saying about BC Budget 2024
“We know that those [the BC Family Benefit] cash transfers to families have a huge impact on their ability to afford the basic necessities of life and we know that cash transfers have a huge impact on child poverty directly. …
Falcon would cut services and raise costs despite admitting BC’s finances are in “strong shape”
Last week, Kevin Falcon said that BC’s finances were “in pretty strong shape” and “we have, fortunately, a reasonable financial position.” He’s right: BC’s debt-to-GDP ratio is the third lowest in Canada. But that hasn’t stopped him from suggesting he …
Falcon fails finance fundamentals by confusing tax cut for tax hike
In an embarrassing mistake for any aspiring Premier – let alone a former Finance Minister – Kevin Falcon incorrectly claimed today that the Employer Health Tax (EHT) was doubling on businesses with payrolls over $1 million. In fact, businesses with …
NDP MLA says funding will boost live fire training for firefighters in the Kootenays
CASTLEGAR – New Democrat MLA Katrine Conroy says that people in the Kootenays will benefit from a significant investment to enhance live fire training for local firefighters. Funding will go towards establishing regional training hubs for local fire crews to …
NDP MLA Michele Babchuk says funding will boost live fire training for firefighters in Port McNeill
PORT MCNEILL – New Democrat MLA Michele Babchuk says that people in Port McNeill will benefit from a significant investment to enhance live fire training for local firefighters. Funding will go towards establishing regional training hubs for local fire crews to …