Provincial natural resource revenues hit record $2.8B in 1994/95
Jack Weisgerber argues that most resource earnings flowed to Victoria with little local return in the Peace Region. He notes forests and gas revenues boosted totals, praises Forest Renewal BC and the Columbia River Trust Commission, and pledges a Reform BC government to extend revenue sharing to gas oil and minerals for local infrastructure and development.
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Jack Weisgerber
Peace Region
NDP
Vancouver Island
Forest Renewal
Ministry of Forests
Prince George Forest
Dawson Creek
Forest Renewal Fund
Columbia River Trust Commission
C.R.T.C
Columbia
Victoria
Bouchard quits Ottawa but keeps pension windfall
The resignation of Bouchard shifts the Official Opposition balance between Bloc Quebecois and Reform to 52 MPs each. The author notes by elections pending three seats, questions the loss of a Liberal viewpoint, and highlights Bouchard's retirement with a gold plated pension, while Quebec gains a premier.
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Bouchard
Ottawa
Chainseur
Bloc Quebecois
Reform Party
House of Commons
Liberals
Lac-Saint-Jean
Labrador
Hambre-St. Barbe-Baie Verte
Newfoundland
Bill Rompkey
Senate
Brian Tobin
Canada
Ray Speaker
Gil Parent
Beauchesne
Government of
Reform
Bloc
Reformers
Gib Parent
Quebec City
Quebec
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