Kevin Falcon to deliver post-budget speech
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon will speak at a Richmond Chamber of Commerce breakfast Friday, Feb. 24.
Falcon will deliver the provincial government’s 2012 budget in the House at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21. His post-budget address at the chamber breakfast will focus on the economy, something he calls “the single greatest challenge facing the province today.”
First elected in 2001, Falcon is the MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale and also serves as Deputy Premier and chair of the Treasury Board.
Before his election to the Legislative Assembly, Falcon was president of Access Group, a corporate communications firm he founded in 1998. He has also worked in the real estate development industry and was vice-president of Northwest Investment Properties. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Simon Fraser University, and his real estate education at the University of B.C.
The event is from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and will take place at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel, 3500 Cessna Dr.
Reid Hurst Nagy Inc. and the Certified General Accountants of British Columbia are co-sponsoring the event. The Richmond Review is the event’s media sponsor. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., breakfast is at 8 a.m. and address and question-and-answer period is at 8:45 a.m.
Tickets are $35 for members, and $350 for a table of 10. Tickets for non-members are $50 each, and $500 for a table of 10. To register, call the Richmond Chamber of Commerce Office at 604-278-2822 or visit richmondchamber.ca.
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