We compare and contrast the new federal and provincial budgets and rant once more about the (non) response to COVID-19.

Main Segment Links

* BC Budget 2021 

* Details of BC budget: Province tables 2021 fiscal plan amid 3rd wave of COVID-19 pandemic

* Bowinn Ma in Fraser Valley Current

* Federal Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth and Resilience

* Highlights of budget 2021: Billions for green economic growth, healthier Indigenous communities

* Budget 2021: Science underpins targeted investments to drive equitable recovery and long-term prosperity

* NDP’s 2019 promise

Quick takes

* COVID-19: B.C. announces travel restrictions, lowers eligible age for AstraZeneca vaccine

* COVID-19: RCMP union, legal advocates and First Nations groups raise concerns over B.C. travel restrictions  

* COVID-19: New travel restrictions cause confusion, anxiety for B.C. residents, Liberals say

* B.C. to introduce legislation requiring employers to pay workers who miss shifts for COVID vaccine

* Possible paid sick leave coming to BC

* Canada bans flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days

* Nechako Lakes MLA stands by his defence of atmospheric CO2 after legislative debate 

* Quebec Superior Court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt

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