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The Kelowna Accord is a series of agreements between the Government of Canada, First Ministers of the Provinces, Territorial Leaders, and the leaders of five national Aboriginal organizations in Canada. The accord sought to improve the education, employment, and living conditions for Aboriginal peoples through governmental funding and other ...
South Carolina’s budget included more than $400 million in earmarks requested and directed by lawmakers within their $14.5 billion spending plan for ... $1 million for community center work, and ...
Kelowna Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. [1] Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution , the riding will first be contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election .
The protests were organized to call attention to poverty, lack of governmental action on indigenous land claims issues, the quality of indigenous health and social service programs and the federal government's cancellation of the Kelowna Accord. [4] [5] The events were closely co-ordinated with police. [6]
The Canadian federal budget for the fiscal year 2006–07, was presented to the House of Commons of Canada by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on May 2, 2006. Among the most notable elements of the federal budget were its reduction of the Goods and Services Tax by one percentage point, income tax cuts for middle-income earners, and $1,200-per-child childcare payment (the Universal child care ...
Kelowna Accord - Strengthening Relationships and Closing the Gap [5] 77 Stephen Harper: First Ministers' Meeting Ottawa November 10, 2008 Economy [6] 78 First Ministers' Meeting Ottawa January 16, 2009 Economy [7] 79 Justin Trudeau: First Ministers' Meeting Ottawa November 23, 2015 Climate change, [8] Syrian Crisis [9] 80 First Ministers ...
The budget also drastically increased military spending and scrapped funding for the Kyoto Protocol and the Kelowna Accord. Later, the government introduced the tax-free savings account (TFSA). The government passed the Veterans' Bill of Rights , which guaranteed benefits for veterans from Veterans Affairs Canada , in addition to guaranteeing ...
The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, representing two unincorporated Electoral Areas of Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West, along with the member municipalities of the City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna, the District of Lake Country, the District of Peachland, and Westbank First Nation.