The speech outlining the government's goals this year comes just ahead of the provincial budget on Thursday and the election this fall.
British Columbia's New Democrat government is pledging more homes for first-time buyers and eviction protection for renters in a throne speech that promises affordability measures in this week's budget.
The speech marked the start of the spring legislative session and comes ahead of the provincial budget on Thursday which is less than nine months from the provincial election. The speech said the government's recently announced BC Builds program to use public lands owned by the government, non-profits and community groups to build middle-class housing projects backed by low-cost financing will move ahead with full force this year.
Austin said the government's housing agenda would also introduce measures to protect renters from "bad-faith evictions," and help first-time buyers enter the housing market. Todd's suicide in 2012 created worldwide headlines and raised concerns about online abuse. Dutch national Aydin Coban was convicted in the B.C. Supreme Courtin 2022of child pornography, child luring and criminal harassment of Todd, and will serve a six-year prison sentence in the Netherlands.
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