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Missing women’s commission to hold hearings in September
This article is from Muskeg News. Click here to visit site. August 18, 2011 On August 5, the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry announced that their Study Commission will be holding public hearings in communities around Northern B.C. in September … Continue reading
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BC Ferries losses rise as passengers dwindle
This article is from CBC online news. Click here to view. August 18, 2011 B.C. Ferries says passenger levels are dropping to 20-year lows and the corporation is predicting it will lose more than expected this year. The number of … Continue reading
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Northern Tour of Missing Women Study Commission Starts Sept 12
August 14, 2011 For Immediate Release Although the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry is in jeopardy due to many pertinent groups pulling out, North Coast MLA Gary Coons wants to inform the public that the “study commission” component of the … Continue reading
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New Democrats Urge Christy ClarkTo Extend Compensation To All Woodlands Shcool Survivors
For Immediate Release August 1, 2011 Leader Adrian Dix indicates that as Premier he will overturn decision to exclude students who suffered abuse pre-1974 from settlement VANCOUVER - In the interest of justice, the Christy Clark Liberal government should stop using … Continue reading
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BC Ferries Executive Staff Pay Records
Click here to view David Hahn’s Pay Period Statement from May 2003 – December 2009 Click here to view Active Executive Employee’s Pay Period Records 2003-2009
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Pension ‘outrageous’: MLA Coons
July 20, 2011 From QCI Observer “Just outrageous” is how North Coast MLA Gary Coons is describing BC Ferries chief executive David Hahn’s double pension, and he says the NDP will do everything it can to get rid of it. … Continue reading
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The hard truth about post-secondary debt
July 12, 2011 Advanced Education Minister Naomi Yamamoto thinks that “student debt is a really good debt to assume” (July 8, 2011 Kelowna Buzz). Yamamoto needs to take a closer look at what the B.C. Liberal government has done to … Continue reading
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Coons says ferry fares too high, top employees overpaid
New Democrat says BC Ferries not meeting needs of communities it serves July 13, 2011 CFTK-TV Terrace News To view article online click here. Ferry ridership along BC Ferries’ northern routes is down compared to last year. Ridership for the … Continue reading
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Premiers Got an Earful on BC Ferry Rate Increases
Angry citizens’ emails to Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark surface via freedom of info request. By Stanley Tromp, July 6, 2011 While new BC Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee takes public input this summer on proposals to raise ferry fares, the premier … Continue reading
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Letter to Premier requesting review of second pension to BC Ferries CEO
Click here to read this joint letter by Official Opposition Leader, Adrian Dix, and Ferries Critic Gary Coons, requesting the premier to review decision to BC Ferries’ arrangement to provide CEO David Hahn a second pension of over $200,000. Mr Hahn is … Continue reading
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