Budget Bill Declares War on Environment
West Coast Environmental Law, April 27, 2012Removal of environmental safeguards serves interests of big oil and silences citizens, say environmental lawyersread more
View ArticleBill C-38: the Environmental Destruction Act
By Elizabeth May, The Tyee.ca, May 10, 2012Packing so many attacks on nature into one bill, Harper bets, will confuse citizens. Here's what's at stake.read more
View ArticleScientists, ex-ministers slam federal changes to Fisheries Act
Doug Ward, Peter O'Neil, Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun, May 29, 2012The federal government is sabotaging its own legislated requirement to protect endangered freshwater fish by weakening the Fisheries Act,...
View ArticleThe case for strong environmental assessment
Calvin Sandborn, Vancouver Sun, June 5, 2012Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.— Winston ChurchillCanadians should worry about Bill C-38 — Ottawa’s bid to gut the...
View ArticleBC Budget 2013
Budget and Fiscal Plan: the main budget document; it lays out the Province’s three-year fiscal plan, including economic outlook, revenues, spending, tax measures, and forecasting risks and assumptions....
View ArticleB.C. budget proposes first personal tax hike since Liberals took over in 2001
Brian Hutchinson, National Post, Feb 19 2013VANCOUVER — B.C.’s Liberal government says it can make good on its promise to deliver surplus budgets this year and beyond, by hiking corporate and personal...
View ArticleB.C. Liberals hike taxes to balance budget
Justine Hunter, Globe and Mail, Feb. 19 2013Victoria — B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong has resorted to corporate and personal income taxes hikes for the first time in his party’s 12 year reign, on...
View ArticleLiberals' highly debatable budget plans include fiscal tricks, asset sales...
Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, Feb 19, 2013“How is the government balancing the budget? Is it credible? And will it withstand scrutiny?”Those are indeed the right questions to be asking about the B.C....
View ArticleB.C. concludes that carbon tax is working, yet rejects important next steps
Matt Horne, Pembina Institute, Feb 19 2013I spent today in the B.C. budget lockup, and yes, it was as inspiring and exciting as I’m sure you can imagine a budget lockup would be. One of the things I...
View ArticleCorporate welfare not needed for LNG on West Coast
Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post, March 21 2013While Ottawa agreed in Budget 2013 to extend tax breaks for manufacturers for two years, a request by developers of liquefied natural gas terminals on...
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