oe | Supporting smal business, s ~ business has been positive and effective, The Low - Interest Funding Today (LIFT) program Is underw, Tway, with more than $60 million in loans already j pro. “This is why we have taken the nitive to to restore’: _confiderice, to build employment foundations for the Future by working with small business and “resource companies “People who bring! investment and Jobs intoBc- “Creating the| right environment; stimulating: . Industry; encouraging. investment that Is the role y of government, and that is how lasting employ- - » Ment and jobs are created for thelong term, - Laying the foundations... “The Plan for Economic Recovery laid out last Fall "iS the blueprint from which a healthy | Be economy ~-Isbeing forged. a “At the same time, responisiie managernient: ~ of government spending. willensure thatrecovery — ‘s achieved within the framework of restraint: - Our know-how’ is working. as = Qur Plan for Economic Recovery in, British cohen ‘is in Place and it's Starting to Work, Heredrejust - - some of the initiatives that are already payne, _ Taking B.Cs energy to market, The Energy Enterprise Program i is now in place; - dividends for all British Columbians,” : _ andis designed to ensure the wise use of our energy. _ Jobs right now. - _ Fesources, while attracting new investment capital “The néed for jobs is imm edia te Bri itish Columbia | and creating new jobs for British Columbians. has mobilized federal, provincial, community and employer resources to supplement uhemployment benefits, to share the cost of new jobs and to create more than 22,000 jabs through si six Immediate Job Help Programs. ; . Employment Bridging Assistance Program than 6,000Jobs. The sale of BC. Development Bonds ‘will keep this program growing. Tralning for young people.” . aration programs are now underway to'give our: 7 young people a better start in the working W world. : Building Blocks. (ou The BC Home Program and recently annouriced “ initiatives to provide additional housing for: senior ° citizens and the disabled are majorsteps inthe: ~ ~ process of stimulating the housing industry. BY. pro- _ viding both mortgage and property tax relief, the. government has helped restore confi dence in the.” _ housing market when it was critically needed, More - than 50 (000 B: € residents have benefitted already. © The Discovery Enterprise Program. The Discovery Enterprise Program: will benefit: companies, indiyiduals and communities. pronting incentives for high technology development to: ‘create new jobs'and to give British Columbia the. _ diversification. we need to assure our ar Future in | changing world, * Major projects benefit all B. c The major projects planned over the p past few a - __ years are bringing business and jobs to British. . Colurnbia now when we need them. With continued.” good management, the benefits will grow over the - ~ coming years, the promise of 1986 will be realized. ~~ The world is coming to our door to buy coal,to ..” « Neat Empl yment Expansion and Develop _ meiit (NEED - Community Recovery. Program . ~ Winter Employment Stimulation Program -Summer Student Employment Program - Site Preparation Work For Small Contractors In. addition, accelerated public works programs sin co cine nig ood protectioniand Agfinces: ~ participate in EXPO, to share ournew transit: ii! +: a: cultures ition will preserverexistingjobs: technoldpy'and'td ude How werhave made our “727 hd pevide preset of construction Jobst now. ‘developments work together | for the benef tof al , “wher we need them. ; British Columbians - i mn The govemment’s response to the needs of small 7 8 . ..” North America, this massive undertaking Is employ~" ~ sing thousands of B.C. tradesmen. The damed stadium ‘cessed by mid-March, creating or preserving more.” a “BC.Place "_ Asthe largest urban redevelopment project in. ~ iSalready in place-on time and on budget - The 200-acre B.C. Place site willbe developed by private enterprise employing countless more people In the construction of housing units, hotels, office. . = Space, cafés, an arts and science centre, a forestry -Museurn, gardens, parks and marinas. Comprehensive hew work traini ng and work prep-” * ~ ‘This world |exposition on transportation and: : “communication is expected to attract more than _ 13 million people to the Province, Now underway, it. _ iS already bringing business to BC. and will generate -Over 15,000 man years of work, employing between ° : 5,000 and 7,000 people during operation and have a - St billion i impact on the BC. economy. - * Rapid Transit BC's showpiece for EXPO 86 is the Advanced Light Rapid Transit system—the heart of the Lower ’ Mainland’s modernized. public transportation : network, This system utilizes Canadian- -designed tech- ~_’ nology and wilt continue to provide jobs for large -numbers of skilled tradespeople, _ ae Italso offers opportunities for the manufactu rein B C. of camponents for similar transit systems _. elsewhere. ALRT is providing 13,000 man-years of — construction work and permanent jobs among . ; Suppliers and manufacturers throughout B.C. _ -=Porté Rail Expansion anid Upgrading To accommodate increased exports of South * East-Coal, a $170million expansion is well underway es ‘at Roberts Bank. Triggered by the North East Coal ~ development, a huge new bulk shipping port is *. being built at Prince Rupert, providing new facilities - +f the export of coal, grain and petrochemicals. “Toyota Plant = Delta - TheToyota Motor - Corp. oF Japan will invest * $23 million at Tilbury Industrial Park in Delta. The plant will produce aluminum alloy wheels and will employ 100 skilled. persons, plus many | indirect Jobs. "= Science & Engineering school... i QOF-Victoria will howsantnareni 4 “The Univers sctidal traders our ase plan, 25155 bil “science and engineering building will be started this . year with the first students enrolling in 1984... Partners in coal development. en -New coal mines in both the North East and ra ’ South East sectors ofthe province represent the” : _ largest resource developments In Canada today, » In the North East the economic worth of this - development is estimated at $2.5billion, represent- ng thousands of jobs and a wide range: af direct and indirect benefits... At the same time; expanding South East coal’ production is helping to push British Columbia. past. Australia as Japan's foremost ‘Supplier The Development Corporation. The activities of the BC. Development Corporation are an important part ¢ of our Plan for Economic Recovery, _ BY fostering job-creating enterprises throughout the province, the BC Development Corporation serves as both a partner with private industry ~and “aS @ source of capital and business Ss expertise, Pending projects. British Columbia ison the he brink of one of its : greatest growth periods. Three of the major projects now awaiting final approval and financing willalone create more than” -’- ” 30,000 man-years of construction work and provide oe . Nearly. 5,000 permanent and indirectjobs, | ~The Bome'NG plant. . Vancouver IslandGas Pipeline. =. _ Alcan Smelter Expansion at Vanderhoof | ~ And that's healthy for British Columbia. Our planned growth.and development means job creation. In turn, that means economic recovery.” This is @ plan that will generate revenues to put: ‘back into the Province in health, education and: ~ welfare services. ‘TheB Promise. _.: -Maifitaining essential services for those people i who need them most is the unfailing promise of. ~ this goverment. Itis the one area in which we are prepared to borrow against future: revenues.:.barrowing that is a “sound when you have a government that knows - “How fo manage our resource development andto. “produce the revenue that funds services for. . our People. - } Wey you ‘think k about that, there is only one one choice on May sth. e forthe Social Credit Government of Bill Bennet 1 Social Credit Party ee EE: Se abire cirs aheee cont S Fieger aes OY Rat cha MATS, Piste ab them en pe ah ep et tee gag Mee erie