One of the problems with hitting this fluke jackpot is that every decision in favour of one program means others were left out. The choices are being scrutinized by B.C. Liberal and Green MLAs.
The budget hikes bestowed on some NDP cabinet ministers are so big, some of them might have gotten more than they knew what to do with.Watching that enormous surprise surplus work its way through the legislative system leaves the impression some of the windfalls are being distributed to ministries with some firm instructions from the premier’s office on what to do with them.
The ideas piled in and the money poured out in a series of announcements. Being an NDP cabinet minister over the past few months has been like being in the audience at an Oprah taping.Eby got to announce a billion for B.C. municipalities, a half-billion for B.C. Ferries and so on. Eby and Finance Minister Katrine Conroy identified minimizing public transit fare hikes as “a very good opportunity” for the government to pursue, Fleming said. So, subject to an independent commissioner’s OK, most of it will be sent to transit operators with instructions to use it to offset projected fare increases, starting next year.
Liberal critic Peter Milobar, from Kamloops, drove to the legislature via the Coquihalla highway. “There were no lanes plowed, the shoulder lane was a foot of slush and there were no plows to be seen.A lot of Interior residents will look at Islanders’ good fortune and think the same thing. It has a settlement agreement with B.C. over the shameful dislocation imposed on band members by dam construction in the 1950s.
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