Huge Discrepancies found in B.C. Budget
Media release by the Dogwood Initiative:
VICTORIA – If you are looking for reliable numbers on the provinces fiscal health and commitment to the environment don’t look to the BC Budget. That is the message from BC Watchdog group Dogwood Initiative.
“We first noticed the budget discrepancies in the government subsidies to the oil and gas industry.” said Will Horter, Dogwood Initiative’s Executive Director. “The largest line item in the February budget, $237 million in credits for marginal gas producers, simply disappeared. They are still subsidizing these producers, but they’ve hidden the number.”
Investigation of other expenditures related to the environment revealed similar problems with how the government tallied the numbers. Comparisons between the government’s stated actual expenditure for 2008 reveal significant discrepancies between what was reported in February and this budget.
Sample discrepancies: ($ 000):
2009 BC Government Budget Discrepancies – by the Dogwood Initiative.bmp
“The Budget is supposed to provide a clear roadmap. Instead the government is throwing mud in our eyes,” said Horter
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For more information, contact:
Will Horter
Executive Director, Dogwood Initiative
direct: 250-370-9930 ext. 23
email: whorter [at] dogwoodinitiative.org
Dogwood Initiative helps British Columbians gain more control of the land and resources around them so they can be managed in a way that does not rob future generations for short-term corporate gain.
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