Forestry Missing From Provincial Budget

Provincial New Democrat Carol James slams the budget of Kevin Falcon, for failing to mention forestry. Speaking on the Meisner program on CFISFM this morning, James says it was shocking that the entire budget did not mention forestry once “Not the word forests, not the forest industry, not once, in fact, it cuts $20 million dollars out of the forestry budget over the next two years.

So, a failure, a big failure from my perspective.” Minister Falcon disputes that claim. Feb 22, 2012  Opinion 250 News  Read More

 

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