Debt as a share of the provincial economy could reach up to 19.8 per cent this year.
bc government spending
May 11, 2020
2:37PM
The provincial budget projected that net debt would grow to $48.9 billion in 2020/21.
May 7, 2020
9:51AM
CIBC predicts the province's unemployment rate will rise to 9.7 per cent.
August 10, 2018
8:38AM
After just one full year in power, it seems British Columbians may be seeing history repeat itself with a return to the big spending NDP government of the 1990s.
July 27, 2018
9:12AM
Government workers in B.C. are absent from their jobs for personal reasons 49 per cent more often than private-sector workers.
February 16, 2018
12:35PM
Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets.
February 14, 2018
9:29AM
Overall, the NDP added $4.4 billion in new spending over three years.
February 14, 2018
1:00AM
October 2, 2017
10:46AM
The Horgan government has effectively increased spending by an additional $4.5 billion in the first few months of its term.
September 15, 2017
9:51AM
Government program spending will reach $49.2 billion, 6.6 per cent higher than last year.