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Volume 60, No. 2

23/2017

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

February 14, 2017

B.C. Reg. 23/2017 , deposited February 3, 2017, under the BALANCED BUDGET AND MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT [section 9]. Regulation of Treasury Board, dated January 12, 2017.

Treasury Board orders that the attached Minister of State for Rural Economic Development Expected Results for the 2016/2017 Fiscal Year Regulation is made.

— M. DE JONG, Chair, Treasury Board .

MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED RESULTS FOR THE 2016/2017 FISCAL YEAR REGULATION

Application of this regulation

1 This regulation applies to the Minister of State for Rural Economic Development for the 2016/2017 fiscal year.

Definition

2 In this regulation, “Act” means the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act .

Minister of State for Rural Economic Development

3 The expected results that the Minister of State for Rural Economic Development is to achieve for the purposes of

section 5 (3) of the Act are as follows:

(

a) provide advice to government on ways to improve rural economic development by working with the Rural Advisory Council to develop a new rural economic development strategy by March 31, 2017;

(

b) develop performance metrics that measure project outcomes and benefits to rural BC for the Rural Dividend Program by March 31, 2017;

(

c) finalize funding announcements for the second intake of the Rural Dividend Program by March 31, 2017;

(

d) support the Rural Education Strategy initiative by completing a discussion paper respecting rural school closures for the Ministry of Education by March 31, 2017;

(

e) develop a community outreach workplan to encourage dialogue on economic development and diversification initiatives in communities impacted by the mountain-pine beetle and

schedule delivery of one community outreach session, prior to March 31, 2017, by working with the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training;

(

f) submit to Cabinet a report on the results referred to in paragraphs (

a) through (

e) on or before March 31, 2017.

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