"We're number one!".........says Christy

[gordon_as]

#1 at promising power that we don't have yet , to foreign corporations that haven't built anything yet , at outdated prices , while we buy it from other corporations for more than it costs us to produce our own.

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news ... n-squamish

The company’s decision was helped along by a key concession from the province on electricity prices. Woodfibre was granted B.C. Hydro’s heritage industrial rates because it plans to use electricity to drive its liquefaction process, not burn natural gas as others have proposed.

That rate is $60 per megawatt hour, which is cheaper than the $84 per megawatt hour that the province negotiated with LNG producers to cover electricity for ancillary needs — but energy and mines minister Bill Bennett doesn’t consider it a subsidy.

Clark said this price — dubbed the “eDrive” rate — will be open to any other LNG proposal that switches from gas to electricity to power liquefaction.

The eDrive news was welcomed by B.C.’s independent power producers, which have been lobbying to become suppliers to the LNG industry.

[Urbane]

We're still #1 when it comes to the economy and the envy of the rest of Canada:

Friday’s employment numbers were solid, with growth in full-time employment across the country.

But there was particular strength in Alberta’s bounce back with 20,000 new jobs and continued impressive numbers for B.C.


British Columbia led the country with 35,000 new jobs created in the first quarter, 3.5 per cent ahead of last year.

And the jobs were in the private sector and running at an impressive 5.9 per cent gain, with the jobless rate the lowest in the country at 5.4 per cent.

Although B.C.’s unemployment rate was up 3/10ths of a per cent in March, this is indicative of a strong, confident employment market as more people are now out looking for jobs in B.C.’s buoyant economy.
Full article: http://www.cknw.com/2017/04/07/business-report-5/

[maryjane48]

you left out number 1 at accepting bribes from large corporations and foreign donors . number one at publicaly putting out lies which was directly responsible for persons death .

number one at runn8ng health care into the ground .

number one at getting free cars even though you previously said your 50 grand stiptend was for a car .


number one at spending hundreds of millions on better soent money at scoc on cases that have zero chance of winning .

i could go on but british columbians get the point and understand the facts as they are

[krocky]

We're still #1 when it comes to the economy and the envy of the rest of Canada:

But RBC forecasts the province’s economic growth will slip below the national average for the first time in six years. RBC expects B.C.’s economy to grow by 1.7 per cent, just below the national average of 1.8 per cent.

“It’s been very strong in B.C. in the last couple of years, getting major support from the housing market,” Paul Ferley, RBC’s assistant chief economist, said in a telephone interview from Toronto. “There’s the feeling that that support is not likely going to persist through the forecast, and with that you get a moderation in the growth rate.”

Yes indeed, we are lucky that the Real Estate market has been so strong and house prices are out of reach for most. That has skewed the numbers nicely and made everyone forget that we have the highest cost of living and the lowest wages in all of Canada. We sure are the envy though, YEP..!!!

[Urban Cowboy]

*removed*

[lasnomadas]

I really think that respectful comments are better received than ones from those who would rather throw insults at anyone who disagrees with their points of view.

The BC Liberal supporters think their chosen party is number one, and the rest of us don't. It's as simple as that.

[Urbane]

We're still #1 when it comes to the economy and the envy of the rest of Canada:




But RBC forecast
Yes indeed, we are lucky that the Real Estate market has been so strong and house prices are out of reach for most. That has skewed the numbers nicely and made everyone forget that we have the highest cost of living and the lowest wages in all of Canada. We sure are the envy though, YEP..!!!

Lowest wages in all of Canada?
http://careers.workopolis.com/advice/ho ... -province/
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableau ... 79-eng.htm

[mr.bandaid]

Now if you were to compare the wages to the cost of living that would be a better indication as to how much we are truly the envy of Canada.

[krocky]

Here's how expensive British Columbia's cost of living has gotten under Christy Clark

According to a new report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, wages are low and costs of living are high in Premier Christy Clark's British Columbia.

Although Clark's BC Liberal government tries to present a rosy picture, the picture painted by the report shows Clark balancing the books by slashing social services as working families struggle and poverty increases.

Wages and the cost of living
Thanks to a decade of heel dragging, the BC Liberal government's heel dragging, the province's minimum wage was frozen at $8/hr for a full decade before gradually rising to $10.85/hr in 2016 – currently among the lowest of any province in Canada, though it's set to inch up slightly later this year.

As a result, the CCPA points out someone working full-time hours on minimum wage in BC will only earn $19,747 per year. That's a full $3,500 per year below the poverty line.

Not to mention, one-quarter of the paid workforce – half a million British Columbians – currently earn less than $15/hr, the majority of whom are over the age of 25, work full-time, have worked the same job for at least three years and have households to support.

That means half a million low-wage workers now fall well below what most families need to earn a living wage just to meet what's considered a "bare-bones budget.

Rising costs of living
As wages stagnate, BC families also have to deal with rising costs for everything ranging from food and housing to child care costs.

It's well-known that housing costs in metro Vancouver have skyrocketed in over the last decade – the cost of a detached home has jumped 19 times relative the median household income, while condos have increased six times the rate of incomes.

And 247,280 households in BC currently face "core housing needs" – defined by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) as the share of population living in housing that's overcrowded, in need of repairs or costs more than one-third of their paycheque.

That counted for 15.4% of all households in BC:

More recent data finds 43% of renters and 22% of home owners now spend over 30% of their paycheques on housing alone.

While Clark's BC Liberal government has branded her newly launched Home Partnership Program as a way to help first-time homebuyers enter the "really tough housing market," a lot of people say the plan is a "bad idea."

While the government's plan to offer first-time homebuyers interest free loans of up to $37,500 to subsidize downpayments might sound good on paper, it doesn't actually address the physical lack of houses.

Flooding the market with more cash might even drive housing costs higher while doing nothing to help renters.

Meanwhile, many families are dealing with rising costs for child care too.

Parents in BC currently look at median child care costs that ranging from $755 per month for preschoolers to $1,000 per month for infants – roughly 33% higher for infants and 37% higher for preschoolers compared to a decade earlier:

And when it comes to food insecurity in BC, a recent annual report produced by Food Banks Canada estimated 103,464 people turned to food banks across BC in March 2016 – up 3.4% compared to 2015.

As many as 12.7% of British Columbians reported dealing with food insecurity in 2016, half of whom are those working low-wage workers and their children.

[krocky]

Now if you were to compare the wages to the cost of living that would be a better indication as to how much we are truly the envy of Canada.

EXACTLY, or remove the disproportionally high wages in Vancouver and the picture would be bleak, very bleak..!!

[Gone_Fishin]

LOL.......the only thing her and her crew are number one at is lying to British Columbians. I sincerely hope she'll be the number one BC Liberal MLA giving her concession speech in West Kelowna on May 9. Go Shelley Cook!!

BTW, why is Princess Photo-Op wearing a Remembrance Day poppy in April? Couldn't she afford a daffodil?

Well, the joke's on you NDP fanbois. Premier Clark was wearing a poppy, as many people are right now, to pay her respect to the brave Canadians who fought for our freedom at Vimy Ridge. Besides this original post being sexist and misogynist, it also shows the lack of understanding about the history of our country.

Kudos to Premier Clark for being knowledgeable and for supporting the brave people who gave their lives at Vimy Ridge 100 years ago, April 9th. Boo to the misogynistic, sexist, and unpatriotic NDP supporters who showed egregious ignorance of our country's history.

[maryjane48]

like clark knows where vimy ridge is , if toy havnt donated large amounts of money the bclibs simply do not care my guess is some staff member said hey get a poppy

[Gone_Fishin]

like clark knows where vimy ridge is , if toy havnt donated large amounts of money the bclibs simply do not care my guess is some staff member said hey get a poppy

She knew more than you.

[The Green Barbarian]

Kudos to Premier Clark for being knowledgeable and for supporting the brave people who gave their lives at Vimy Ridge 100 years ago, April 9th. Boo to the misogynistic, sexist, and unpatriotic NDP supporters who showed egregious ignorance of our country's history.

It's the egregious ignorance they show on every issue that is the real reason that the NDP just needs to finally be disbanded.

[George+]

Did she attend a Vimy ceremony?