VICTORIA – The Christy Clark Liberal government demonstrated it lacks the optimism and will to tackle the challenges facing British Columbians with Tuesday’s throne speech, said New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix. “After taking 200 days off to develop new ideas, …
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