Burnaby Now February 24 2017

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COMMUNITY 11

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FATAL CRASH:

At left, Burnaby RCMP attend the scene of a singlevehicle crash on Lougheed Highway near Production Way Wednesday morning that left the lone occupant of the vehicle dead. See story on page 5.

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PROVINCIAL BUDGET

Critics say budget doesn’t go far enough Burnaby NDP MLA Raj Chouhan says lack of funds for a promised new hospital is a big disappointment By Tereza Verenca

tverenca@burnabynow.com

The NDP MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds is calling the Liberals’ pre-election budget a “forget-everything budget.” Raj Chouhan made the comments shortly after B.C. Finance Minister Mike de

Jong gave his budget speech Tuesday afternoon. “I don’t think people will forget because they were hit hard when they were living paycheque to paycheque. Fifty-three per cent of British Columbians are living paycheque to paycheque,” said Chouhan. It’s the fifth consecutive

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balanced budget delivered by the Liberals. One of the budget highlights is cutting MSP premiums in half for two million British Columbians with an annual net income of up to $120,000, starting Jan. 1, 2018.Yearly savings will equate to $900 a year for a family of four and $450 for

individuals.The hope is to eventually eliminate the premiums as it becomes affordable, according to de Jong. The Liberals also said they’ll cut the PST on electricity over the next two years, from seven per cent to 3.5 per cent, for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Other investments include $287 million over the next three years for the Ministry of Children and Family Development and $2.7 billion for health-care capital projects, including new patient care towers at two hospitals in the Interior. Richard Lee, Liberal MLA for Burnaby North,

said a strong economy over the last two years has allowed the government to put money back into taxpayers’ pockets. “In terms of economic development and job creation, we are leading per capita in Canada, and we are the only province Continued on page 8

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