Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [Langmann, Rudy]
issued: 2022-09-21
issued: 1975-12-17
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0420327/source.json
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note: mmm THE PAPER PEOPLE READ VOL.18 Na49 • 32 PAGES • THE STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1 at deadline HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN.... OR. GOVT. POLICIES THAT WORK, STARTING NEXT WEEK BY RUDY LANGMANN Here they are, the high priority policy highlights soon to be implemented by your enthusiastic new provincial Social Credit government team. Promises were made by premier-elect Bill Bennett and other Socred candidates - some successful, others not - before last week's election and most compiled here can also be found in official party publications. As can be seen it is basically a pledge to provide moire for less, or. more services - lower taxes. We suggest our readers cut out the list and retain for handy reference. Promises can be ticked off at appropriate stars after being fulfilled one after the other by new government But in case you lose your copy We shall print the list once more with our own check marks and comments just prior to the next provincial election in three to five years time. ■ IMPROVEMENTS IN LANGLEY • A new ring road around the city (Bob McClelland). Bill Bennett ... looking to you for leadership. GOVERNMENT & ACCESS TO ELECTED REPS • Appointment of provincial ombudsman and auditor-general (to ensure that taxpayers can check everything going on in Victoria). • Abolish appointed (non- elected) government boards and commissions. •A Appoint election reform commission and introduce legislation for continuous redistribution system. • Immediate cut (nobody knows how big) in salaries of cabinet ministers. (Barrett was paid $52,000 and his cabinet ministers $48,000 per year). • Enactment of a B.C. Bill of Rights. • Financial assets of cabinet members to be put in blind trusts while they are serving as ministers. At Cabinet ministers will be shuffled around from portfolio to portfolio at least once during term. ■A No more airlifts of cabinet ministers in govt jets. • New, improved conflict- of-interest legislation to be introduced for politicians and senior gover…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420327
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text