The B.C. NDP government is promising to brace for an expected economic downturn with spending on housing for the middle\u002Dclass. Read more.
David Eby’s first throne speech as premier, read in the legislature Monday by Lt.-Gov Janet Austin, also promised to expand access to addictions treatment, improve the province’s flagging cancer-care system and introduce new laws to ensure polluters pay the cost of environmental cleanup.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
“We’ve been working hard to put together a lot of the pieces” like the $500 million rental protection fund, said Kahlon, who is also NDP house leader. People waiting for cancer treatment have been hit by potentially life-threatening waits and the speech promises to add workers at B.C. Cancer and improve access to screening and early detection, diagnostic imaging and treatments.
Falcon has also been critical of Eby’s “soft on crime” approach, accusing him of overseeing a “catch-and-release” system that lets violent repeat offenders out on the streets. The speech repeated Eby’s pledge that B.C. is working with the provinces and territories to press Ottawa for urgent reform to Criminal Code bail rules.Article content
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