2015 BC Provincial Budget Luncheon
Date and Time
Friday Mar 13, 2015
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM PDT
Friday, March 13, 2015
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Location
Meadow Gardens Golf Club
19675 Meadow Gardens Way
Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1Z2
Fees/Admission
$32.95 - members
$37.95 - non-members
Prices are subject to GST
CANCELATION POLICY: 48 hours is required for all cancelations and all events, fee is also applied to last minute registrants who fail to call/show.
Sponsorship opportunities available! As a lunch sponsor, you receive podium time to tell Chamber members what they need to know about your organization. Your organization will be promoted in all event promotions, including email blasts, the event web page, media releases, and on the day of the event. Contact us for more details: 604-465-4599 or info@ridgemeadowschamber.com
Contact Information
Carly Sauve, Event & Membership Coordinator
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Description
B.C.’s Finance Minister Michael de Jong recently released his third budget, making it the third consecutive balanced budget by the BC Liberals.
Even with the drop in oil prices, the province of B.C. will be coasting along with modest growth that other oil dependent provinces are envious of. “Fiscally, we are the envy of virtually every other province.” he says.
Diversification of markets, expanded trade and good fiscal management are recognized as integral parts of maintaining a balanced budget.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear our special guest speaker Finance Minister Michael de Jong speak about the 2015 British Columbia Provincial Budget, released on February 17, 2015.
This is your opportunity to hear him outline the budget, and learn how the 2015 BC Budget will work for your business/organization.
ABOUT
MLA: Hon. Michael de Jong, Q.C.
Abbotsford West
Elected: 1994, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY
Michael de Jong was re-elected in 2013 as the MLA for Abbotsford West, an area he has represented since first being elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in a 1994 by-election. Michael was reappointed as Minister of Finance on June 10, 2013.
He currently chairs the Treasury Board, and the Legislative Review Committee, and is a member of the Cabinet Working Group on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), the Priorities and Planning Committee, and the Cabinet Working Group on Core Review.
The six-term MLA previously served as Minister of Health, Attorney General, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Minister of Labour and Citizens’ Services, and Minister of Forests. In addition, he also served as Government House Leader.
Before his election as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1994, de Jong served two terms as an elected school trustee for Abbotsford School District 34, and was a practising lawyer with his own Abbotsford firm. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University in Ottawa and a law degree from the University of Alberta.
Michael has also been involved with the Abbotsford-Matsqui Arts Council, the Matsqui Youth Commission and holds the rank of Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces Air Force Reserve.
Still an avid hockey player, in his teen years Michael was a member of the Abbotsford Pilots Junior B hockey team. He attended Mouat Secondary School and still lives on the Matsqui Prairie farm where he grew up.
