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Christina Joan "Christy" Clark, MLA (born October 29, 1965) is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the 35th Premier of British Columbia, Canada. Clark was sworn in as premier on March 14, 2011, after she won the leadership of the British Columbia Liberal Party in the 2011 leadership election on February 26, 2011. She is the second, and longest serving, woman to serve as premier of British Columbia, after Rita Johnston in 1991.
Clark served as a Member of the Legislature from 1996 to 2005, serving as Deputy Premier from 2001 to 2005 during the first term of Gordon Campbell's government. She left politics in 2005, and became the host of an afternoon radio talk show At the time of her leadership victory, Clark was not a member of the Legislative Assembly of British ...
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HALIFAX — The premiers should assert greater control of their own economies, specifically when it comes to immigration, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said Friday as the provincial leaders gathered in Halifax to discuss global economic trends. “One of the things that I hope to see is a resolution from premiers that we need more control of our provincial economies, particularly with respect to immigration, which is a huge lever that drives our economies,” Clark said ahead of the meeting with her counterparts. Manitoba’s Greg Selinger said immigration is key for ...
While the B.C. Liberals plead poverty on any number of spending priorities, they've not exercised restraint on a government advertising budget that is poised to hit $64 million over Premier Christy Clark's two years in office.
Clark, on becoming premier in March 2011, straightaway presided over a major increase in the advertising spending.
Premier Gordon Campbell, in his last year (fiscal 201011), doled out $17.5 million for all categories of government-funded advertising, from tourism marketing, to ads touting the virtues of Liberal programs, to routine communication of information ...