News Release
May 3.2006

B.C. Wins BIG in Federal Budget

OTTAWA - "This federal budget is fantastic news for British Columbia," says Conservative MP James Moore.  "After years of disappointment and inaction from the Liberals, this budget delivers to B.C. important changes in our national finances."

"On top of the cut to the GST, tax cuts for small business, new millions for border security and policing, millions more in infrastructure dollars, tax credits for amateur sports, transit passes and textbooks, tax relief for seniors, hundreds of millions for students, and all the great news in the budget, this budget delivers for B.C. like few others in Canadian history," says Moore, the MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam.

Specifically, Moore noted the following budget allocations for British Columbia:

• $591 million for the Pacific Gateway

• $400 million over two years to fight the Pine Beetle problem

• $171 million for public transit in B.C.

• An unexpected equalization cash windfall of $200 million, and

• The restoration of regular army presence in B.C.

Concluded Moore, "B.C.'s Liberal Finance Minister Carole Taylor says this budget "addressed virtually every B.C. priority," and she's right.  In the last election campaign, Conservatives promised to 'Stand Up for British Columbia,' and in this budget we have delivered."

Read the federal budget HERE

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For more information, email moorej@parl.gc.ca or call 613.992.9650