New Democrat Forestry Committee Begins Tour With Stops on Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast Beginning Thursday VICTORIA –As raw log exports continue to skyrocket, the opposition New Democrats are calling for more strategies to ensure that B.C. resources create jobs …
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B.C. SHEDDING JOBS AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SUFFERING DUE TO LIBERALS’ SLOW PST TRANSITION
VANCOUVER – While the Liberal premier heads off on a trip to China without any clear plan or set of targets, British Columbia is shedding jobs, and construction has stalled due to the Liberals’ sluggish transition back to the PST. …
REALITY CHECK: LIBERAL JOBS PLAN MISSING KEY COMPONENTS
The Liberals’ jobs strategy may have a catchy title, but a closer look at the plan that they call “thorough” and “comprehensive,”shows it’s missing some key components. The premier said the jobs plan would involve “every region in every sector …
JOBS PLAN LEAVES OUT INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE, KEY SECTORS SUCH AS FORESTRY, TOURISM AND THE GREEN ECONOMY, SAYS DIX
VANCOUVER – Christy Clark's jobs plan lacks clear job targets, leaves vital investments in people out of the equation and fails to offer anything for many sectors such as forestry, tourism and the green economy, said B.C. New Democrat Leader …
LIBERALS CONTINUE TO EXPORT B.C. JOBS
VICTORIA— New Democrats are calling on the Liberal government to get serious about creating jobs with B.C. wood in the face of a more than 50 per cent increase in raw log exports. “Mills in our communities have been dismantled …
REALITY CHECK: New Jobs Ministry Must Make Up For Dismal B.C. Liberal Job Record To Date
Since Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals first started breaking their word to British Columbians a decade ago, B.C. families have suffered from years of job losses and stagnant wages. Here is a snapshot: Job losses:Since 2008, B.C. has lost …
Do-nothing B.C. Liberal approach to forestry killing future jobs: Macdonald
VICTORIA – A new report showing a bleak outlook for the lodgepole pine is the latest example of why the B.C. Liberal do-nothing approach to forestry will cost jobs long into the future, say the New Democrats. A study by …
REALITY CHECK: The Real B.C. Liberal Record on Jobs and the Economy
The B.C. Liberals’ sudden decision to back down on an income tax cut announced in a desperate ploy to buy back support from an angry public proves that the province’s economic policy is in shambles. It shows a government in …
New Democrats Call On B.C. Liberals To Protect Tourism Jobs In The Cariboo
VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberals’ cuts to tourism marketing will hurt tourism in the Cariboo, with the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association being forced to lay off most of its staff, New Democrats say.Spencer Herbert “B.C.’s tourism industry needs a …