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January 29, 2002
GOVERNMENT CAUCUS TO TAKE 5% MLA-WAGE ROLLBACK

VICTORIA — The government caucus has initiated a three-year-long wage rollback and freeze of five per cent for all government MLAs, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.

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January 29, 2002
PREMIER TO PROMOTE B.C. AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Premier Gordon Campbell (right) meets with New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg during the premier's visit to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in New York the week of Jan. 29, 2002. The premier was invited to serve as a panellist for one of the forum's workshops, Bolstering Competitiveness Strategies in Advanced Economies. He also served as rapporteur at the forum's East Asia Economic Summit in Hong Kong in October 2001.

VICTORIA — Premier Gordon Campbell will promote British Columbia investment opportunities and the province's economic renewal measures at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in New York this week.

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January 25, 2002
CLOSING COMMENTS PREMIERS' HEALTH CONFERENCE - VANCOUVER
All 13 Canadian premiers, flanked by their flags, celebrate a successful conference in Vancouver Jan. 25. From left: Paul Okalik, Nunavut; Pat Duncan, Yukon; Ralph Klein, Alberta; Patrick Binns, Prince Edward Island; Gary Doer, Manitoba; John Hamm, Nova Scotia; Michael Harris, Ontario; Bernard Landry, Quebec; Bernard Lord, New Brunswick; Gordon Campbell, British Columbia; Lorne Calvert, Saskatchewan; Roger Grimes, Newfoundland and Labrador; Stephen Kakfwi, Northwest Territories.

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January 24, 2002
PROVINCIAL-TERRITORIAL PREMIERS' MEETING
Premier Gordon Campbell at the unimike the first day of the Provincial-Territorial Premiers' Meeting held in Vancouver Jan. 24 and 25, 2002, to discuss progress made on health-care issues, talking to national media.

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January 21, 2002
CREATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
At the launch, Premier Gordon Campbell stressed the importance of creating partnerships with the private sector, to strengthen B.C.'s growing research industry and to attract top researchers to the province.

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January 21, 2002
THE RICK HANSEN INSTITUTE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Rick Hansen Institute and the University of British Columbia are the first recipients of a B.C. leadership chair. Partners in the B.C. leadership chair for spinal cord research joined Premier Campbell in celebrating this advancement in research. Left to right: Dr. John Steeves, director of the international spinal cord research centre, Premier Gordon Campbell, Minister Rick Thorpe, Minister Shirley Bond, UBC President Dr. Martha Piper and Rick Hansen (front), president and CEO of the Rick Hansen Institute.

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January 18, 2002
ADDRESS TO THE B.C. TRUCK LOGGERS ASSOCIATION

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January 17, 2002
GOVERNMENT BEGINS THREE-YEAR RESTRUCTURING

VICTORIA — The government today announced details of its three-year restructuring program to restore sound fiscal management and protect important public services.

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January 16, 2002
STUDY PROJECTS ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF 2010 GAMES BID

FORT ST. JOHN — A winning bid for Vancouver/Whistler to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, combined with an expanded convention centre in Vancouver, could generate $5.7 billion to $10 billion in direct economic activity, a study by the Ministry of Competition, Science and Enterprise indicates.

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