Kevin Falcon

Falcon Finds His Falconer

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Former B.C. finance minister Kevin Falcon has had no trouble finding a new job.Falcon has been hired as the executive vice president of re...

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B.C. Liberals Heading For Iceberg: Poll

The Huffington Post | Éric Grenier | Posted 12.07.2012 | Canada British Columbia

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Hot on the heels of the announcement that four sitting B.C. Liberal MLAs, including Finance Minister Kevin Falcon and Education Minister George Abbott...

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Three BC MLAs To Quit Thursday

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - Three more members of Premier Christy Clark's British Columbia Liberal government are set to announce their intentions to leave politics.Go...

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Falcon's Pension Raises Eyebrows

CBC | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Kevin Falcon may be leaving provincial politics, but according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the just-retired B.C. Finance Minister will event...

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Why Christy Clark's Team Is Jumping Ship

Samuel Getachew | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada Politics

Earlier today, B.C.'s young Finance Minister and Deputy Premier, Kevin Falcon, resigned both positions effective immediately. In recent weeks, many MLAs have announed their resignations. The fact is that Christy Clark's leadership style and lack of clarity has made her irrelevant and incompetent at best.

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A B.C. Government For The People, Not At The Expense Of The People

Laila Yuile | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia

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I've written much about the air of entitlement this government has come to display, an attitude which sets an example from the top of government for all the levels below. How can one expect any government executive or bureacrat to display restraint when those in charge demonstrate a proclivity for excess? The truth is the average person is British Columbia just doesn't even listen to any of this bizarre hypocrisy anymore. The average person in this province is still struggling to make ends meet. Whether or not it's the most basic of needs such as food and shelter, or meeting mortgage and car payments, most people in this province are far removed from the reality of luxurious "vacations" oops I mean, conferences in Nairobi.

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Kevin Falcon Quits B.C. Politics

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 12.07.2012 | Canada British Columbia

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Kevin Falcon, B.C.’s finance minister and deputy premier, won’t be running in the next provincial election, leaving the B.C. Liberals without yet ...

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B.C.'s Big Freeze For Crown Executives

CBC | Posted 09.24.2012 | Canada Politics

The B.C. government is freezing the compensation paid to executives at its Crown corporations, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced Wednesday morni...

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Scrapping HST In B.C.

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada Politics

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B.C. will drop the HST and return to an "improved" PST next year with all previous exemptions, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced on...

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B.C. Could Send Welfare Cases North For Jobs

CBC | Posted 05.14.2012 | Canada Politics

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The B.C. government is floating a proposal to fly people on social assistance north and give them accommodation and training to fill vaca...

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B.C. Budget Gives To Families.. And Takes

CP | Wendy Cox, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.22.2012 | Canada Politics

VICTORIA - B.C. families are being offered some tax breaks in their 2012-2013 budget, but qualifying for the goodies will be a lot harder than being e...

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2012-2013 B.C. Budget Highlights

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.22.2012 | Canada Politics

VICTORIA - Here are some highlights of the 2012-2013 B.C. budget:Projected economic growth: 1.8 per cent in 2012-2013; 2.2 per cent in 2013-2014; 2.5 ...

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Website For Backseat Budget Balancers Unveiled In BC

CP | Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.11.2012 | Canada Politics

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Liberals erred and are aiming to atone for the deep cuts they made to arts funding when the global downturn hit, the finance mini...

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B.C. To Lose $250M A Year Due To Health Transfer Payment Plan

CBC | Posted 02.19.2012 | Canada Politics

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B.C. will lose as much as $250 million a year under the per capita health care funding formula being used by Ottawa because it doesn't ta...

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BC's Government Must Tighten its Belt or Face Electoral Oblivion

Jordan Bateman | Posted 02.02.2012 | Canada Politics

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B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon, like a cliché movie hero, is slowly sinking into quicksand. He recently told British Columbians that economic growth has slowed, Crown Corporation revenues are down and the provincial deficit is exploding. The true culprit -- runaway spending -- has yet to be addressed.

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Vancouver Olympics A $2.3 Billion Boon To Economy: Report

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.27.2011 | Canada Politics

VICTORIA - Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics paid measurable economic, social and cultural benefits to British Columbia at a time when world economies ...

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Rejection Of HST Triples B.C. Deficit

CBC | Posted 11.08.2011 | Canada Politics

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B.C.'s finance minister says the province's deficit has tripled because of the rejection of the HST and that is going to mean cuts to gove...

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HST Cancellation Hurts B.C.'s Finances: Minister

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.08.2011 | Canada Politics

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VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says spending cuts may be coming in order to rein in a deficit that's three times higher than expected ...

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B.C. Promises 2% HST Cut

Posted 07.25.2011 | Canada Business

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(CBC)--The B.C. government is proposing to cut the HST by two percentage points by 2014, send out cheques to families and hike corporate taxes, if Bri...

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