New Councilor: Ted Greves will be sworn in April 6 and his first official council meeting will be April 11. Greves received the support of 25% of votes cast in the byelection which saw a disappointing 10% turnout by local voters.
NDTA: will not get their day(s) in BC Supreme Court until sometime in July. Their first scheduled appearance was only for one day, and it is not felt sufficient to make their case in their challenge of class room sizes.
HST Referendum: Premier Clark has set the date for a mail in vote regards the HST to June 24. This will give BC voters the opportunity to scrap the HST and return to the PST.
VIA Train Service: work on the train tracks should be completed so that train service between Victoria and Nanaimo, in both directions, will resume on April 8. Bus service will still be in effect for passenger service between Nanaimo and Courtenay while repairs continue on that segment of track. More information available at 1-888-842-7245.
I think the train service will be greatly utilized and is a great idea :)
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see the voter turnout for the HST referendum. We need a system like in Switzerland.
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