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Today, the Campbell administration announced it would be going ahead with the $404 million Northwest Transmission Line. This, after the federal government committed to fund $130 million worth of that project. So where is the remaining money coming fr...

topics: campbell-administration, federal-government, mining

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Nine months ago, the Campbell administration announced it was important for urban British Columbians to understand how the agriculture industry contributes to the province's social, economic and environmental well-being. The reason: a strong agric...

topics: agriculture, campbell-administration, environmental

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Last month, the Campbell administration cancelled annual grants worth approximately $110 million to improve and repair the province's schools. But at least one provincial Liberal backbencher had previously hoped the government would actually increase...

topics: campbell-administration, liberal, north-vancouver, school-board

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It's like the children's burn unit, you don't cut it until it's the very last thing. That's how Community and Rural Development Minister Bill Bennett reportedly described the Campbell administration's commitment to funding libraries during a recept...

topics: campbell-administration, elected

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Premier Gordon Campbell has been hitting some sour notes recently. And he hit another one during a post-throne speech reception for supporters at The Union Club of British Columbia. While speaking to attendees, he took a shot at former premier Bill V...

topics: campbell-administration, liberals, premier, tax, union

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Last week, the Campbell administration announced it would miss its 2009/10 deficit target by $2.28 billion - in part, because of a dramatic decline in natural gas royalties. But, in the first five months of the year, the finance ministry's two top bu...

topics: campbell-administration, oil-and-gas, premier

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Yesterday, the Campbell administration announced it had cut discretionary grants by 30 percent in fiscal 2009/10, saving $354 million. That's $296 million more than the seven percent cut the administration said it would make in February. But the gove...

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The Campbell administration hasn't increased its $52 million direct forest fire fighting estimate for fiscal 2010/11 and 2011/12 - even though that budget has been blown six times since 2002/03, with expenditures this year estimated at $409 million. ...

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In July, the Campbell administration didn't print hard copies of the detailed schedule of payments for British Columbia's consolidated revenue fund - the document listing how much money has been paid out to government service providers. And now its s...

topics: campbell-administration, environment

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The genesis goes back to the many discussions I've had with the premier over the years as we've developed a housing strategy for B.C. about how do we get to the next stage of affordability. That's what Housing and Social Development Minister Rich C...

topics: affordability, campbell-administration, housing, premier, tax