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B.C. Municipalities vote against Enbridge pipeline and oil tankers

Oct 1, 2010, Village of Queen Charlotte

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2010

(WHISTER) Today at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities annual convention in Whistler delegates from B.C. municipalities resoundingly voted in opposition to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and oil tanker traffic on B.C.‘s north coast.

"I am overwhelmed and very grateful to the delegates of the UBCM for standing up for coastal communities on an issue that has provincial and national significance," said Leslie Johnson, a councillor with the Village of Queen Charlotte.

"Understanding of the issue is growing, and that is leading to stronger opposition across the province," said Carol Kulesha, Mayor of the Village of Queen Charlotte.

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Hochstein and the demand to cut union wages

By Keith Reynolds
| August 9, 2011

Last week Philip Hochstein had an op-ed in the Vancouver Province accusing municipalities of profligate spending and accusing municipal workers of being vastly overpaid.

Hochstein is president of the Independent Contractors and Business Association of BC -- representing non union construction corporations. He is the public face of the hard right in British Columbia and has a long history attacking unions. He opposed raising the minimum wage and supports, through the HST, shifting taxes off corporations and on to working people.

While the views in his op-ed come as no surprise it is worth having a look at their validity and perhaps speculating on the makeup of the growing chorus supporting his views.

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Cities desperate for infrastructure funding

June 29, 2010
| Of each dollar that is paid in taxes, only eight cents reaches municipalities. This means city councils are scrambling for money to complete essential infrastructure projects.

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