Payroll costs across the provincial government sector are poised to increase sharply.
bc debt
May 14, 2020
11:56AM
Debt as a share of the provincial economy could reach up to 19.8 per cent this year.
May 11, 2020
2:37PM
The provincial budget projected that net debt would grow to $48.9 billion in 2020/21.
October 29, 2018
3:01PM
Ontario’s debt grew by 107 per cent over 10 years.
September 8, 2017
9:29AM
Rhetoric from the campaign trail stressed increased spending and higher taxes.
July 6, 2017
4:30AM
Ontario has seen its share of total provincial net debt rise to 51 per cent.
February 17, 2016
8:00AM
Budget contained no plan to offset the dramatic increase in business taxes associated with reintroducing the Provincial Sales Tax a few years ago.
February 12, 2016
9:29AM
Despite avoiding annual budget deficits Clark has allowed government debt to grow.
May 16, 2013
2:00AM
The BC Liberals and particularly Premier Christy Clark deserve the praise theyre receiving for their surprise electoral victory. After all, the Liberals reversed a double-digit deficit in the polls and ended up securing a majority government. This moment of jubilation for the Liberals and their supporters will be short-lived however, as the reality of governing in difficult times takes hold. The litmus test for the success of this government, which they themselves established, is the success of the economy and in particular, jobs.