BC Gov News

As part of Canada Starts Here: The BC Jobs Plan, Premier Christy Clark said British Columbia will double the Province's international trade presence in key and expanding markets.

British Columbia's jobs plan will build on the Province's solid foundation of prudent fiscal management to attract investment and open new markets for B.C. products and services, defending and creating jobs for British Columbians, Premier Christy Clark said today.

Canada's premiers discussed cross-border co-operation and opportunities for regional economic growth with Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire and Ambassador Gary Doer at a meeting hosted by Premier Christy Clark as part of the Council of the Federation in Vancouver.

Premier Christy Clark and Taku River Tlingit First Nation spokesperson John Ward signed an agreement that creates 13 new protected areas and provides resource development opportunities and investment certainty in more than three million hectares (approximately 11,500 square miles) in the Atlin Taku region of northwestern B.C.

Premier Christy Clark appointed Skip Triplett to lead the Community Gaming Grant Review, with the final report to be delivered by Oct. 31, 2011.

Premier Christy Clark launched the most comprehensive health-promotion program anywhere in Canada - the $68.7-million Healthy Families BC strategy, which will help families make healthy choices and introduce innovative approaches to challenges facing the health care system.