B.C. NDP finance critic Mike Farnworth and Katine Conroy, MLA for Kootenay West will be visiting Kootenay communities in preparation for the upcoming provincial budget.
Farnworth, the MLA for Port Coquitlam, will join Conroy at Café Americano in Trail on Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. for an informal gathering.
The public is invited to stop in with any questions. Since it will be an informal gathering, no prior notice is needed.
Farnworth, Conroy and Michelle Mungall, MLA for Nelson-Creston, will also meet with a variety of local government leaders as well as small business owners during Farnworth’s visit to the Kootenays on Thursday and Friday.
Farnworth has held the post of finance critic since 2011, and will be responsible for responding in the Legislature to the BC Liberal government budget which will be presented on Feb. 18.