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  • Wednesday, March 3, 2010
    Program Due for Completion in 2012 Absent from Provincial Budget: Victoria, BC – The BC Government’s often-announced, nary-enacted Smart Meter Program is absent from the 2010/11 Budget and Fiscal Plan, as noted by the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378 (COPE 378), which represents workers at BC Hydro and throughout the BC energy sector. The Provincial...
  • Tuesday, March 2, 2010
    Government Financing Deficit Through High ICBC Rates: Victoria, BC – The Provincial Budget released today indicates that the BC Government is using ICBC rates to finance its budget deficit to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars per year, according to the union representing workers at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. The government has directed that from 2010 onward a...

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