Canadian Liberals nix fall Legislature sitting
BC Legislature will have to reconvene in early 2017 to introduce the next provincial budget
It’s official: the BC Liberal government has cancelled the fall 2016 session of the BC Legislature.
The 20-day sitting was scheduled to begin Monday and run four days a week through November 24, except during recesses in the second week of each month.
Government House Leader and Finance Minister Mike de Jong notified the Clerk’s Office Monday of the cancellation. The governing party also cancelled the 2012 fall session, as it ramped-up its re-election campaign for the following spring.
De Jong’s office did not respond to a BIV request for comment.
The next scheduled general election is May 9, 2017.
The Legislature’s spring session closed May 19, but politicians returned for four days in late July to pass a new 15 per cent tax on foreign real estate purchases and to repeal the real estate industry’s self-regulation.
