Lake, Hines feel promise for no tolls unfair for Interior residents
KAMLOOPS — In the span of a few days, Christy Clark has changed her tune. Some would say to work together with the other parties, while others would say it’s simply a desperate attempt to keep power.
In the throne speech were 30 promises she hadn’t considered during the election.
“Some really good policies, things that I have been advocating for for a number years,” said former Kamloops MLA Terry Lake. “Including bringing up the carbon tax, slowly but surely, looking at income assistance increases for people on welfare, disability increases.”
The Liberals argue a bigger surplus than expected now makes the promises affordable. Lake agrees with the policies that lend to more social services, but he said issues like no tolls will hurt people in the B.C. Interior.