Program spending is projected to increase from pre-pandemic levels by 15.2 per cent in 2021/22.
bc budget
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.
March 5, 2020
10:43AM
The government raised the top personal income tax rate from 16.8 per cent to 20.5 per cent.
February 18, 2020
3:52PM
The province’s top marginal PIT rate will increase from 16.8 per cent to 20.5 per cent.
February 20, 2019
2:51PM
Over the next three years, net debt is expected to grow almost 25 per cent.
April 17, 2018
5:00AM
Ontario and Alberta are projecting budget deficits for years to come.
March 21, 2018
9:44AM
B.C.’s overall tax rate on new investment is 27.7 per cent—the highest rate in Canada.
February 21, 2018
11:08AM
The new EHT will apply to businesses with annual payrolls of more than $500,000.
February 16, 2018
12:35PM
Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets.