Thousands of government employees are expected to lose their jobs in British Columbia on Thursday. The Government claims it needs to cut over 11,500 jobs in the next few years to balance the budget by 2004-05. The President of the British Columbia Government and Service Employees Union says the cuts are devastating to rural populations and a threat to safety and justice.
See "Black Thursday in B.C.", Kim Lunman, The Globe and Mail, January 16, 2002