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New bill lets B.C. government run deficits
In addition to tax tweaks aimed at softening the pandemic’s economic blow, Bill 18, Economic Stabilization Act, will allow the B.C. government to table deficit budgets through 2023-24.
Read MoreBudding craft cannabis industry could be economic balm, co-op says
After more than two years of legalization, B.C.’s legendary bud has yet to reach its full potential — both when it comes to quality and to recreational sales revenues.
Read MoreB.C. still struggling to procure enough PPE to end rationing
Twenty-seven million pairs of gloves. More than four million respirators. Over a million surgical gowns and pieces of eye protection and 4.5 million surgical masks.
Read MoreCommittee still mulling Mullen report from last summer’s road trip
A report spurred by a legislature road trip conducted by Alan Mullen, chief of staff to Speaker Darryl Plecas, has been reviewed by a legislative committee, but it’s unclear when the public will get a look.
Read MoreWeaver says Green MLAs were ‘afraid to stand up’ to NDP over LNG
Independent MLA and former Green Party leader Andrew Weaver created a buzz this weekend when he took to Twitter to slam his former caucus mates.
Read MoreCERB was simple, but universal basic income is not: expert panel
For nearly two years, an expert panel appointed by B.C.’s NDP government has been researching the possibilities and pitfalls of universal basic income.
Read MoreAddressing surgical backlog could take two years or more: Dix
Working through the backlog of cancelled surgeries could take B.C. hospitals two years, according to the health ministry, and that’s if everything goes well.
Read MoreNDP continues to lead fundraising, Greens lose ground
The Green Party pulled in $70,000 less in donations in 2019 compared to 2018, receiving $643,000 last year — the only one of the province’s major parties to see its fundraising numbers fall.
Read MoreB.C. begins moving homeless camp residents into hotels, community centres
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Social Development and Poverty Reduction Minister Shane Simpson announced plans to move the residents of large homeless encampments in Victoria and Vancouver to hotels and community centres.
Read MoreChanges to privacy legislation ‘reasonable’ amid pandemic: privacy commissioner
B.C. information and privacy commissioner Michael McEvoy says the NDP government’s move to allow the disclosure of personal information amid the COVID-19 crisis should not be cause for alarm.
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