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Arlene Jongbloets photo
The Lone Butte 4-H Club was at the Cariboo Mall on March 23 and sold home baking as a fundraiser. Hard at work were Sienna Parent, front left, Zoe Ryhal, Hailey Villeneuve; and back row left, Jorden Sass, Hannah Meier and Hayden Sass.
Small parties stake out election turf
By Tom Fletcher Black Press
As the NDP widens its lead over the governing BC Liberal Party in a new poll, the BC Conservatives and Green Party of BC are hoping an early rollout of their policy platforms will help their support grow. An Angus Reid Public Opinion poll released on March 21 showed the NDP the choice of 48 per cent of decided voters, up one point since February. The B.C. Liberals were down three points to 28 per cent of decided voters. The Conservatives and Greens
were both up slightly in voter intention, tied at 11 per cent support. The poll surveyed 809 British Columbian adults March 18-19, claiming a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 per cent. The Conservatives released their “pre-election platform” on March 21, describing it as a “living document” that could change before the May 14 provincial election. It devotes much of its 28 pages to criticizing the province’s 20-year record on taxes, spending and debt. As party leader John Cummins has signalled, the platform promises the elimination of the five-year-old carbon tax on fossil
fuels. It emphasizes the disproportionate impact the tax has on rural and northern parts of B.C., but does not specify if offsetting income tax cuts would be reversed to make up the revenue to the province. The BC Conservative pledge to balance budgets is emphasized, but the platform doesn’t identify any reduced spending or tax increases. It decries the low health-care spending relative to other provinces, and also calls for an unspecified increase in justice system budgets. The Green Party of BC’s 40-page platform contains many promises, from creating “green-collar jobs”
to doubling B.C.’s park area to 20 per cent during the next 100 years. The Greens platform is also described as a “living document,” released last November and updated at the end of January. It also lacks costing for an array of costly policies, including 24-hour medical clinics in rural areas and replacing all existing income assistance programs with a “guaranteed liveable income” for everyone. The Greens also vow to reduce taxes on businesses that promote health, phase out medical premiums and eliminate gambling in B.C.
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