Children and Families Ministry Cuts 525 Jobs Across BC
Victoria reports 525 layoffs in the BC Children and Families Ministry as Liberals slash spending by 70 million. Cuts affect administration and back-office roles, with 87 positions at headquarters and regional losses across Interior, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Coastal, Fraser regions. Union warns of reduced front-line care and child protection staff.
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Children’s Ministry
Victoria
Liberals
Gordon Hogg
George Heyman
BCGEU
Interior
North
Vancouver Island
Vancouver
Fraser
Ogg
Hogg
Heyman
Campbell
Oppnse
First BC Citizens Assembly Members Named From Peace Region
Darlene Dixon and Wilf Chelle from Peace River North join Amanda Medley and Max Malthus of Dawson Creek as the first four of a 158 member Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform. The panel will study voting systems, visit multiple communities, and decide whether to put reform to a provincial vote in 2005 with a 2004 final report.
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Fort ST. John
B.C
Reality Inn
Northern Grand
Darlene Dixon
Fort Nelson
Wilf Chelle
Buick
Peace River North
Citizen’s Assembly
Amanda Medley
Max Malthus
Dawson Creek
Peace River South
Medley
Assembly
Jack Blaney
Prince George
Canada
Blaney
British Columbia
Vancouver
Simon Fraser University
Steve Thorlakson
North America
Green Party
Eee
Liberals
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