‘Thin’ throne speech sign of ‘tired’ government: Nanaimo MLA
NANAIMO — It’s not uncommon for an Opposition politician to hammer a government’s throne speech, but Nanaimo’s MLA said Tuesday’s presentation in the B.C. legislature was “astonishingly” thin.
New Democrat MLA Leonard Krog said Premier Christy Clark’s plan was little more than a recital of everything the government is taking credit for, most of which was “accomplished by the private sector.”
“We expect the budget next week will contain a number of goodies because it is election year and the Liberals are trying to buy the next election with our money,” Krog tells NanaimoNewsNOW.
The Liberals are expected to present a balanced budget, their fifth in a row, Feb. 21. A $2.2 billion surplus was predicted by the government for the 2016-17 fiscal year.