"This time I have a record to run on. We have the lowest unemployment compared to the rest of the country since 1976". Perhaps, her countenance reflects the fact that just as certain athletes thrive under the pressure of the post-season, some politicians elevate their game during election races - especially those with the type of people skills the B.C. Premier possesses. Pumping her work on jobs.
The relatively modest menu of changes would appear not to have provided much inspiration for Premier Clark, "modesty" not being a quality commonly associated with her speeches.
"We're going to make sure that we get Hydro back on track so that it's working for British Columbians as it was originally meant to do".
Clark said the biggest commitments were already included in the budget the government tabled in February, including $1 billion to cut MSP premiums in half for households earning up to $120,000 a year.
With less than a month to go before May's provincial election, bridge tolls have quickly become a hot topic, with both the B.C. Liberals and the B.C. NDP making promises to either ease tolls or eliminate them altogether.
When broken down by key election issues, Horgan was thought to be the best leader to tackle housing, poverty and homelessness, healthcare, education and accountability.
"You should ask commuters that question", she replied.
"I reject that", said Horgan when told about the predicted drop from B.C.'s Triple A rating.
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China has opposed military action against Assad's government since Syria's civil war began, urging a political solution instead. China , meanwhile, was spared being branded a currency manipulator by the Trump administration.
"We don't know what the turn-out is going to be on election day".
The NDP is campaigning on bringing in $10-a-day childcare, Liberal leader Christy Clark instead promising 8,000 new childcare spaces.
Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver, who won his party's first seat in the last election in Oak Bay-Gordon Head, continued to roll out planks in his platform. Mainstream research. That's more than double our historic values. So things are happening.
Weaver adds B.C. Green candidates have the power to vote in the legislature how they want and don't have to fall in line with the party.
Recent figures released by ElectionsBC show the party raked in more than $13.1 million in political donations past year.
"Personally, I thought it was a pretty brilliant stroke on Horgan's part to say I'm not going to limit your tolls to $500 a year, I'm just going to get rid of it altogether", said Bill Tieleman, a political analyst and former NDP strategist.
The changes include bumping the Foreign Buyers Tax to 30 per cent and scaling the Property Transfer tax based on property value starting at homes worth more than $200,000 dollars.
Pipelines: The federal government approved the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline previous year, but the prospect of more oil tankers in the Burrard Inlet near Vancouver is controversial.
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