Delivering Results for the Tri-Cities
$416.7 million - full Federal Government support for the Evergreen SkyTrain Extension to the Tri-Cities.
$6.2 million to upgrade Lougheed Highway and Barnet Highway.
$889,911 for renovations at Hyde Creek Rec. Centre in Port Coquitlam.
$713,000 to replace the track and roof at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam.
$300 annual savings for local West Coast Express passengers using monthly passes from the Tri-Cities to Downtown Vancouver.
$7,200,000 to the City of Coquitlam for the reconstruction of Schoolhouse Street from Lucille Star Drive to Lougheed Highway.
Funding to replace the seats in the Evergreen Cultural Centre.
$13,800 funding for the Port Moody Commemorative Society to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Funding for the Coquitlam Place Des Arts Society for the 2009 annual Fair in the Square, celebrating the heritage of Maillardville.
$535,286 to the Village of Anmore to improve water quality for their 1,900 residents.
$750,000 to repair East Road in Anmore.
$11,368,948 to Port Coquitlam to widen Broadway Street to 5 lanes between Kingsway and the Mary Hill Bypass, linking with the Coast Meridian Overpass.
$1 million for Rocky Point Park renovations in Port Moody.
$3.5 million for affordable senior’s housing in Port Coquitlam.
$750,000 to the City of Coquitlam as Canada's Cultural Capital of 2009.
$4 million for safe, reliable water in Belcarra.
$1 million to renovate the Coquitlam Public Library.
$9 million for the West Coast Express to purchase seven additional cars and station upgrades.
$750,000 for Tri-Cities youth-at-risk program.
$501,891 to the City of Port Moody to replace the Noons Creek Bridge on Ioco Road with a safe, modern, concrete bridge.
$816,434 for Leigh Square and revitalization of downtown Port Coquitlam.
$1 million for the new arena in Port Moody.
$90 million for the new Pitt River Bridge and the Mary Hill bypass interchange.
$300,000 to replace the artificial turf soccer field at the Port Moody Civic Centre.
$4 million for dredging of the Fraser River.
$7,400,000 to the City of Coquitlam for the widening of King Edward Street to accommodate commuter cyclists
$120,000 to Anmore for their clean electricity plan.
BizPal launched in Coquitlam to simplify the business permit and licence process for entrepreneurs.
$65 million for Coquitlam to extend United Blvd to 4 lanes, including a 4 lane overpass over Brunette River and the rail line.
Passed new regulations to ban the dumping of sewage, paint, garbage, bilge water, and other pollutants from ships in the waters of Bedwell Bay, Indian Arm, and Port Moody’s inlet.
$35,000 funding for the Festival du Bois.
$54,900 funding for Port Moody's Golden Spike Days
$25,400 funding for the Port Coquitlam May Day Festival.
Delivering Results for British Columbia
$21 million to replace the roof at Canada Place.
$176.76 million to repair 81 social housing developments in B.C.
$5.6 million for 15 projects across BC to enhance security for ferry services.
Started construction on the $1 billion, 40 km, South Fraser Perimeter Road Project.
$455.1 million to fund 29 projects at post-secondary institutions across BC.
$1.4 million to support the Fair at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).
$4.648 billion allocated to BC under the Building Canada Plan for 2007-2014.
$245 million for 174 new infrastructure projects throughout BC, creating 4,600 more jobs.
$49.7 million to enhance Vancouver’s South Shore Trade Area, an investment that will improve rail, port and trucking operations, as well as create jobs for the Greater Vancouver region and help to increase mobility throughout the city.
$130 million for a 335 km transmission line in northern BC to carry generated green power.
$1.215 million to extend the French-Language Education Agreement with BC
$200 thousand for transitional housing for individuals addicted to illicit drugs in Vancouver.
$400 thousand for Solar Hot Water Heating program for BC homeowners.
$6 million to install shore power in the Port of Vancouver for cruise ships, enabling them to turn off their diesel engines while docked, helping improve air quality.
$19.6 million for five new 47-foot motor lifeboats for the Coast Guard, to be built in Victoria.
$29 million for small craft fishing harbour repair and maintenance projects, as well as dredging.
$8 million over the next two years to modernize 33 facilities and hatcheries in the Salmonid Enhancement Program.
Announced a judicial inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River.
Renewed treaty with the United States to conserve Pacific salmon stocks and to ensure long-term sustainability of the Pacific salmon fishery.
Completed five vital improvements worth $290 million to the Lower Mainland’s border crossings.
$75 million for five infrastructure improvements on the North Shore that will enhance rail and port operations and build Canada’s Pacific Gateway.
Opened the SkyTrain Canada Line between downtown Vancouver and Richmond/YVR.
$49.9 million to renovate the chemistry building at Simon Fraser University.
$78 million for five projects to improve highway safety in BC’s southern interior.
$68.5 million for Phase 3 of the Kicking Horse Canyon Project on Highway 1 near Golden.
Delivering Results for Canada
Tough new regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the automotive sector in 2011.
Launched a vehicle scrappage program to take older, higher polluting vehicles off the road.
Passed legislation to protect Canada’s arctic waters and to enhance northern sovereignty.
Introduced legislation for better oversight of consumer products by improving the government’s ability to take timely compliance and enforcement actions when unsafe products are identified.
Proactively providing Canadians with the information they need to protect themselves against the H1N1 flu virus, and ordering 50.4 million doses of H1N1 vaccine for the upcoming flu season.
Strengthened our country’s sovereignty in the North with Operation Nanook 09 this summer.
$1.2 billion for the purchase of 15 Chinook helicopters for the Canadian Forces.
$194 million for nine new mid-shore Coast Guard patrol vessels
Signed Free Trade Agreements with Jordan, Peru, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.
Concluded free trade negotiations with Panama, and started negotiations with the European Union.
Participated in exploratory discussions on the possibility of launching free trade agreement negotiations with Morocco.
Signed Blue Sky air transport agreements with New Zealand and South Korea to enhance tourism and trade.
Signed air transport agreements with South Africa and Turkey to allow scheduled direct air services between the two countries, and expanded the existing agreements with Japan and the European Union.
$358.7 million to strengthen and improve the efficiency of airport security screening operations and technology.
Proposed safety regulation requiring that Electronic Stability Control be installed as standard equipment on all cars and small trucks for sale in Canada, beginning September 1, 2011.
$504 million over five years for renewed investments in the arts.
$134.7 million annually for the Canada Media Fund to support the production of Canadian programming.
$75.5 million annually for the Canada Periodical Fund to support Canadian magazines and community newspapers.
$228.6 million over two years for the Canadian Television Fund and the Canada New Media Fund to support the broadcasting and interactive digital media sector.
Implemented a temporary Home Renovation Tax Credit providing up to $1,350 in tax relief.
$60 million over two years for investments in cultural infrastructure to increase access to performing arts, visual arts, media arts, and to museum collections and heritage exhibitions.
Passed legislation to protect Canadians from gangs and other forms of organized crime, including mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole for 25 years for murderers connected to organized crime activity, a new offense of a minimum four years in prison to address drive-by and other reckless shootings, and two new offenses of aggravated assault against a peace or public officer with maximum penalties of 14 and 10 years respectively.
Introduced legislation to limit the amount of credit that the courts may grant convicted criminals for the time they served in custody prior to their sentencing from 2 for 1 to 1 for 1.
Re-introduced legislation to tackle identity theft, with 5 year maximum prison sentences.
Introduced legislation to tackle property theft, including the serious crimes of auto theft and trafficking in property that is obtained by crime. Theft of a motor vehicle would be created as a separate offence, which would carry a mandatory prison sentence of 6 months for conviction of a third or subsequent indictable offence
Introduced legislation to modernize criminal law procedure in Canada, including creating a new offence to help prevent individuals from fleeing a province in order to avoid prosecution.
$1 billion fund to assist communities hardest hit by the economic recession.
$110 million over three years to the Canadian Space Agency to support the development of advanced robotics and other space technologies.
2.5% increase in CPP benefits for 2009.
Increased the Age Credit by $1,000 for 2009 to allow for an additional $150 in annual tax savings.
Reduced the required minimum withdrawal amount for 2008 from RIFs by 25%.
Investing an additional $60 million over three years in the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers.
Introduced legislation that would repeal the “faint hope” clause for murderers.
Introduced legislation to end conditional sentences for serious property and violent crime
Introduced legislation to fight crime in the 21st century by requiring service providers to include interception capability in their networks for law enforcement agencies with court orders.
Introducing legislation soon to help combat white-collar crime with mandatory jail sentences for those who commit serious fraud and additional aggravating factors to justify longer sentences.
$1.5 billion to help provinces address local training needs.
Prohibited the advertisement, sale, and importation of polycarbonate plastic baby bottles that contain bisphenol A.
$400 million over two years for the Affordable Housing Initiative for the construction of housing units for low-income seniors.
$15 million to help up to 1,000 youth gain work experience through paid work placements at not-for-profit and community services organizations across Canada.
Three new agreements that will help facilitate international labour mobility between Canada and the European Union.
An additional $5.5 billion this year in EI benefits over last year, including an extra five weeks.
EI premiums frozen until 2010, saving employers and employees$10.5 billion over two years
Reduced paperwork for employers and employees to allow for benefits to be paid quicker.
$40 million in grants to encourage 20,000 apprentices to complete their training.
$500 million to help laid-off long-tenured workers with many years of experience upgrade their skills.
New credit card regulations to improve protection for consumers
Formation of an Economic Advisory Council which includes business and academic leaders to advise the Finance Minister in advance of the budget, and periodically on economic matters.
Purchased $25 billion of insured mortgages to free up credit for Canadian financial institutions.
Temporary 100% capital cost allowance rate for computers acquired within two years of the 2009 budget.
Extended the temporary 50% accelerated capital cost allowance rate to investment in manufacturing or processing machinery and equipment in 2010 and 2011.
$440 million in savings for Canadian industry over the next five years by eliminating tariffs on a range of machinery and equipment.
Increased the amount of small business income eligible for the reduced federal tax rate of 11% from $400,000 to $500,000.
Assisting first-time home buyers by providing $750 in tax relief, and increasing the Home Buyers’ Plan withdrawal limit from $20,000 to $25,000.
$87.5 million over three years for an additional 2,500 scholarships in the Canada Graduate Scholarships program.
$250 million over two years for deferred maintenance at the 200 federal laboratories in Canada
Introduced legislation to protect consumers and businesses from the most dangerous and damaging forms of spam, such as identity theft, phishing and spyware.
$500 million over two years to build and renew community recreation facilities across Canada.
Increased the basic personal amount and the top of the two lowest personal income tax brackets by 7.5% above their 2008 levels, so Canadians can earn more income before paying federal income taxes, or before being subject to higher tax rates.
