BC Budget highlights
Finance Minister Selina Robinson tabled the 2021 provincial Budget in the legislature today. The budget projects deficits of $9.7 billion this year, $5.5 million next year, and $4.3 million in the year following. Budget 2021 also included significant new funding commitments of interest to local governments, including those for mental health and substance use; housing affordability and homeless populations; economic recovery; and childcare.
