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A raid on the Parliament Buildings on December 28, 2003, in Victoria, including the Premier’s Office, resulted in charges only for ministerial aides, although key cabinet members from the time resigned. A variety of scandals plagued the 2001–2017 Liberal government, including Premier Gordon Campbell’s arrest for drunk driving in Maui and the resignation of various cabinet ministers because of conflict-of-interest allegations. Notable scandals in Social Credit years included the Robert Bonner Affair and the Fantasy Gardens scandal which forced Premier Bill Vander Zalm to resign and ended the Social Credit era. British Columbia is known for having politically active labour unions who have traditionally supported the NDP or its predecessor, the CCF.

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It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the Columbia Department of the Hudson’s Bay Company. The name of the province was chosen by Queen Victoria, when BC Game the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., “the Mainland”, became a British colony in 1858. Though the province’s ethnic majority originates from the British Isles, many British Columbians also trace their ancestors to continental Europe, East Asia, and South Asia.

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• In 2009, the Canada Line SkyTrain was completed, linking Vancouver International Airport and the city of Richmond to downtown Vancouver bringing the total to three operating metro lines.
• After a breakthrough election in 2001 (12.39 percent), the party’s vote share declined (2005 – 9.17 percent, 2009 – 8.09 percent, 2013 – 8.13 percent) before increasing again to a record high of 16.84 percent at the 2017 election.
• British Columbia is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and the American state of Alaska, to the north by Yukon and the Northwest Territories, to the east by the province of Alberta, and to the south by the American states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana.

In 2020, British Columbia had the third-largest GDP in Canada, with a GDP of $309 billion and a GDP per capita of $60,090. Economic activity related to mining in particular has widely fluctuated with changes in commodity prices over time, with documented costs to community health. The economic history of British Columbia is replete with tales of dramatic upswings and downswings, and this boom and bust pattern has influenced the politics, culture and business climate of the province. British Columbia has a history of being a resource dominated economy, centred on the forestry industry but also with fluctuating importance in mining.

Early Clark government actions included raising the minimum wage, creating a new statutory holiday in February called “Family Day”, and pushing the development of BC’s liquefied natural gas industry. Campbell led his party to victory in the 2005 provincial election against a substantially strengthened NDP opposition and won a third term in the 2009 provincial election. Campbell instituted reforms and removed some of the NDP’s policies, along with selling off the previous government’s “fast ferries”, lowering income taxes, and instituting the controversial long-term lease of BC Rail to Canadian National Railway. There was a transition to New Democratic Party governance in the 1990s, focusing on environmental conservation and economic struggles. The 1970s and 1980s brought economic challenges and political shifts, culminating in the Expo 86 world’s fair and the end of Social Credit dominance. The post-war era saw coalition governments and a booming economy, spearheaded by infrastructure projects and industrial expansion.

Like most other provinces in Canada, education is compulsory from ages 6 to 16 (grades 1–10), although the vast majority of students remain in school until they graduate from high school (grade 12) at the age of 18. The public school system is divided in 59 anglophone school districts and one francophone school district, the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, which operates French-language public schools throughout the province. Some of the province’s retired rail beds have been converted and maintained for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing.

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