Opposition Slamming BC Liberal Budget

VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark and her finance minister are wasting no time selling their 2012 budget. First up, the pair gave a lunch presentation to a Liberal friendly audience - The Vancouver Board of Trade. On Thursday, the Finance Minister will do it again for the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. But in the Legislature the fiscal plan is not going over well with the opposition, hammering the government for raising MSP Premiums and Hydro rates. Public sector unions who have been told no raises until the economy turns around are not surprised but still angry. Kevin Falcon’s plan is being seen as the toughest restraint since Socred budget of 1983 Draconian cuts sent a tidal wave of anger through the labour movement igniting “Operation Solidarity“ spawning huge protests and taking B.C. to the brink of a general strike. The opposition is being coy as to whether th