BC "boom" not for all

Progress Board reports many people not benefiting.
Dateline: Monday, September 17, 2007
by Marco Procaccini
Straight Goods


The Progress Board released two reports — one in December, one in August — showing that the current "boom" is not benefiting large number of people in BC, as increasing numbers of people are experiencing worsening poverty.

According to the BC Progress Board annual report for 2006, British Columbia is falling behind the rest of Canada on issues like poverty, crime and other social conditions. This despite a government public accounts report Wednesday that showed the province's budget surplus had ballooned to $4.1 billion.

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