Speech From Throne Holds No Surprises
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 @ 2:28 PM
Prince George, B.C. – The Lieutenant Governor, has opened the 40th Parliament of B.C.’ 1st session with news that tomorrow, the Province will reintroduce the budget first delivered in February.
The Lieutenant Governor delivered the economic stability message outlining the focus on developing Liquefied natural gas projects.
The plan , labelled a “bold plan for a bold province”, is based on four points:
1. working in partnership with First Nations
2. skills development with a ten year skills training plan
3. infrastructure and
4. expansion of trade markets in Asia.
“A strong economy secures tomorrow” read the Lieutenant Governor.
She congratulated each and every member of the Legislature who was successful in their bid to become an MLA.
Comments
A little ‘austerity’ first, though, to remind us all that those who REALLY hold the purse-strings don’t like anyone to enjoy prosperity. Watch how the tune will change on the pipeline after that’s been in effect for awhile.
Of course they will continue to make the public service the whipping boy. No raises in the past and none for the future. In the meantime, everything goes up in price.
Jack son, it’s hard to have any sympathy for our public service workers. In spite of your comments, they continue to enjoy wage and benefit packages that far exceed those in the private sector. Studies have shown that they receive compensation that is approx 130% to 140% of what is received for comparable work in the private sector. Very hard for me to shed tears for this group of under worked, self-entitled, under performing workers.
Now, would you like me to tell you what I really think of our public sector workers and their unions??
You’re missing the point, Hart Guy. “…everything goes up in price”. STILL, even if there are NO wage or benefit increases in store for those who form the majority of public service workers. Or the rest of us. Yet even with “everything” going up in price the agencies that provide “everything” to us, whether public or private, aren’t exactly ‘rolling in the clover’ either , are they? So where’s all this extra ‘money’ go?
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