VICTORIA (NEWS1130) – Provincial politicians are preparing for what’s expected to be a short and intense session of the legislature, followed by a general election.
It all begins tomorrow with the speech from the throne, and then we’ll get a look at the Liberal government’s spending priorities when the BC budget is introduced next Tuesday.
Before the expected five-week session wraps up, Premier Christy Clark’s government intends to introduce legislation to restore the provincial sales tax, create a new seniors advocate position, approve a process to elect a federal senator and rewrite the hiring process for BC’s auditor general.
The election campaign officially gets underway on April 16th, with BC’s roughly $3-million voters heading to the polls May 14th.
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An “intense” session what intense session are they talking about they haven’t even been in Victoria for 9 months. What’s so hard about that they shouldn’t even be paid if their not in Victoria. Intense session, What a crock that is, these jokers are laughing all the way to the bank
Oops. I think you have a typo-I had no idea there was a dollar figure attached to the value of voters! $3 million!There will, however, be a 1 million cost to tax payers to piggy-back an election for candidates to the general election-that is, if it passes.Lots of questions about the candidates. Do they nominate themselves? Does government nominate them? Will they be vetted first? How will we know their “platform”? I know these are simply suggested candidates and that Harper ultimately appoints them.
Keep a sharp eye on the HST regs to see if they follow not only the spirirt of but more importantly the actual wording of the ballot.It has been so long it is hard to remember what was previously exempt from the PST.In 19, actually more like 17 working days, some things may well fall off the table. Legislation will be rushed and rammed through.No surprise given Ms Clark cancelled the fall sitting. What a zoo.
Sorry. The post should read “cost to taxpayers to piggy-back a Senate election”….
And here is the BC Conservative Party’s “Alternative Throne Speech” for those of you who want serious change come May…no more NDP no more Fiberals…
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1111597226036-16/Throne+Speech+2.pdf