The provincial budget forecasts a large increase in debt over the next few years relative to the size of the economy.
bc government spending
September 12, 2022
8:00AM
The province's net debt increased in 2021/22 by $2.6 billion to reach $55.8 billion.
November 23, 2021
1:00AM
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.
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.