Restore rural dividend fund, UBCM urges Victoria

By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
Funds taken from one community pocket to be put in another, delegates told

The Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) Sept. 27 called on Victoria to reconsider its decision to use Rural Dividend program funds to prop up support funding for workers displaced in the forestry downturn. Earlier in the week, Opposition Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson said while Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Doug Donaldson announced earlier this month a $69 million support package for workers displaced in the forestry sector downturn, $25 million was removed from the rural fund.…

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September 27, 2019

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