Episode 236
Ep 236: Budgets, budgets everywhere
We compare and contrast the new federal and provincial budgets and rant once more about the (non) response to COVID-19.
PolitiCoast · Ian Bushfield, Scott de Lange Boom
April 23, 20211h 10mExplicit
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Show Notes
We compare and contrast the new federal and provincial budgets and rant once more about the (non) response to COVID-19.
Main Segment Links
- BC Budget 2021
- Details of BC budget: Province tables 2021 fiscal plan amid 3rd wave of COVID-19 pandemic
- Bowinn Ma in Fraser Valley Current
- Federal Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth and Resilience
- Highlights of budget 2021: Billions for green economic growth, healthier Indigenous communities
- Budget 2021: Science underpins targeted investments to drive equitable recovery and long-term prosperity
- NDP’s 2019 promise
Quick takes
- COVID-19: B.C. announces travel restrictions, lowers eligible age for AstraZeneca vaccine
- COVID-19: RCMP union, legal advocates and First Nations groups raise concerns over B.C. travel restrictions
- COVID-19: New travel restrictions cause confusion, anxiety for B.C. residents, Liberals say
- B.C. to introduce legislation requiring employers to pay workers who miss shifts for COVID vaccine
- Possible paid sick leave coming to BC
- Canada bans flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days
- Nechako Lakes MLA stands by his defence of atmospheric CO2 after legislative debate
- Quebec Superior Court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt
Photo credit: flickr/bcgovphotos