Letters to the Province: Governments don't observe what they preach on spending and accountability

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Re: Why B.C.’s premier is in a rush to spend, spend, spend

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Premier Eby promised $1 billion to be distributed to 188 municipalities. In alternate, the municipalities must account for the cash being spent for the supposed functions: “There can be particular tips about what the cash can be utilized for, past the expectations we now have about how the cash is for use, cities and regional districts must put the cash right into a segregated account to ensure that they’re accountable” stated Eby.

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Makes one surprise in the event that they “hear” themselves and really practise what they preach? 

For the reason that property tax switch was launched in 1987, with the only function to make sure inexpensive housing in B.C., billions have been collected from the tax. Later described as a “windfall tax,” it adopted by a emptiness tax and overseas possession tax, amassing extra hundreds of thousands to cope with inexpensive housing. Makes one surprise why authorities clawed again on constructing social housing and ignored the state of SROs till they had been condemned. It may be comforting to suppose the cash went to well being care, faculties, or badly wanted infrastructure, however these are all in the identical disaster in the present day.

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Premier Eby is spending $500 million to maintain rental properties out of the fingers of predatory traders? The $500 million represents a “tear drop” for individuals within the fingers of predatory traders.

Once I hear the premier preach about tips, expectations, segregated accounts of spending and accountability — that is clearly a projection and never a observe.

Jo-Anne Berezanski, North Saanich

Canada goose cull

Lastly, some sanity is delivered to this messy situation.

We had a Canada goose excrement drawback in Parksville till council took a daring transfer and culled the rising flock. Earlier than the culling, many programs had been employed with minimal outcomes. After a number of years of goose management, we now have much less cleanup and plenty of glad ft that don’t have to be washed after strolling in our parks.

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Park boards can be thanked in future years when parks are getting used every day with no goose dropping encounters.

Robert F Tritschler, Parksville

MLAs ought to pay for personal journey

Re: Vancouver MLA who lives in Larger Victoria defends journey bills

Unsure why/how an MLA can characterize an space they don’t stay in, but when they select to stay outdoors their constituency, they need to be compelled to pay for his or her journey to/from the legislature.

Fran Berry, Prince George 

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