Committee Releases Provincial Budget Consultation Report
The report makes 73 recommendations based on input received during the five-week consultation period. During that time, the Committee held public hearings in 17 communities, and received written submissions from an on line survey.
A total of 674 submissions were received from individuals and organizations.
Among the recommendations:
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Continue enhancing transportation infrastructure through strategic investments in gateway development, highway improvements, and public transit.
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Consider eliminating PST from the silviculture industry.
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Ensure Ministry of Forests has proper staffing levels for timely response to permit requests
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Work with northern and rural communities to address growth issues relating to industrial development, including timely provision of funds for community infrastructure.
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Make balancing the budget and debt reduction priorities.
Other recommendations seek to strengthen K-12 and post-secondary education, health care, and community and social services.
Proposals are also made for environmental protection, equitable access to justice and a suggestion the BC Sheriff’s service be used for things like traffic duty or warrant delivery.
The committee's report, along with further information on the budget consultation process, is available here.
Comments
Remove employable people from welfare.
Drug and alcohol testing before receiving a welfare cheque
Sub contract out prisoners [ with 2 years or more ] to third world countrys to take care of. Win Win situation
*grabs pitch fork and torch* Bring back the death penalty! ;-/
Drug and alcohol testing is a dumb idea. Sure make them more desperate and we can pay 10x as much to house them in jail cells.
Help them become productive with personal dignity would make far more sense. Maybe think about investing in mental health care again.
Also the most important thing is missing from this report.
We have a push on now for LNG exports, but where is the discussion on royalties, incentive costs and pay backs and collateral damage, and what about our share of the export tax on the LNG exports or the carbon tax implications? Are we going to be lead down this bath with blind folds on?
“Remove employable people from welfare.”
Identify “employable” people and determine whether the job market has unfilled gaps which could be filled with these “employable” people.
Whose job is it to do that? Perhaps we can put some “employable” people on that right away ….!!!!!! Or is that simply another job that is too advanced and we have to hire out of province or out of country workers?
Have drug and alcohol tests for Corporate Welfare Bums.
How dare you, verballabel! Nobody on welfare abuses the system! How dare you suggest such a thing!
Given what’s been dominating the national news as of late, perhaps we should have drug and alcohol tests for our politicians?
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