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Jobs a key focus in new federal budget, MP says Conservative government vows to balance budget by 2015 by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Supporting jobs, families and balancing the budget are all key focuses of the latest federal government tabled Tuesday, said Kerry-Lynne Findlay, MP for Delta-Richmond East. “Everyone is always interested in the tax bite, and also in jobs and opportunity. So this really is about keeping taxes low, and at the same time protecting the programs and services that we all count on,” she told The Richmond Review. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tabled the a new federal budget in the House of Commons Tuesday afternoon, promising no new taxes Kerr y-Lynne and forecasting a $2.9-billion deficit Findlay. for the upcoming fiscal year, while the government anticipates moving back into the black for 2015-2016 with a $6.4 billion surplus. “We are on track to return to balanced budgets in 2015, which is a promise we made,” said Findlay, who serves as the Conservative government’s Minister of National Revenue. The budget takes aim at improving the job climate in Canada, such as introducing a paid internships program and a new no-interest loan to registered apprentices in red seal trades to aid in training. Findlay said the government will also be doing more to encourage more competition and lower prices in the telecommunications market. The Conservative government also plans to invest $300 million to bring broadband Internet to rural and northern Canada. More money—$40 million—is also going to support creation of jobs in coastal communities to ensure harbour authorities meet the needs of commercial fishermen, and providing millions more to Parks Canada for national parks and trail systems. Other budget ideas include eliminating the practice of pay-to-pay billing—having to pay to receive printed copies of your bank or credit card bills.
Many lightbulbs are out at the Richmond-Brighouse Canada Line station, as photos taken last week show.
Lights going out on Canada Line Many light fixtures have gone dark at Richmond stations by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Richmond’s five-year-old Canada Line stations are getting darker, as more and more lightbulbs are ceasing to produce light. Richmond resident Gary Cross recently sent a series of photographs to The Richmond Review, revealing few lights high above the ground at Richmond-Brighouse Station are actually on. Cross said the situation is the same day or night, and Lansdowne Station is suffering from
the same problem. “I feel like it’s a dark and distressed area now,” he said. “You have a large swath of darkness where the lightbulbs have burnt out, and it appears little serious effort has been applied to making the stations better lit, more friendly looking.” Cross said temporary fixes have been applied—with orange extension cords powering some auxiliary lamps hanging in the station. “It’s gone from a beautiful and bright spot in our neighbourhood to a very dark, dingy and distressed area.” Protrans BC, the private operator of the Canada Line, is responsible for station maintenance. TransLink, the transportation authority in Metro Vancouver that contracts the operator, referred The Review to Protrans last Friday, but no response was received by press time. Noting the height of the station’s ceiling
from the ground and the difficult access to the light fixtures, Cross questioned design of the $2.2-billion Canada Line’s stations and wondered if other maintenance work is being left undone. “I’m guessing when they designed the stations, they went on the cheap and didn’t think things through to the end,” he said. “My concern as a taxpayer is ProTrans should be doing the maintenance work that they were contracted to do and agreed to do.” Coun. Chak Au, a regular Canada Line rider, said if there’s a maintenance problem with the stations, it should be corrected right away. “Lighting is really to do with safety. I can imagine if you don’t have sufficient light … accidents can happen. When lighting is not enough, people might miss a step or run into something,” said Au. “I don’t think this is acceptable.”
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