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B.C. budget to buffer province against Trump’s ‘uncertainty and disorder’: minister

British Columbia's Finance Minister Brenda Bailey reported a forecast deficit exceeding $10.9 billion for 2025-26, marking a 22 percent increase from previous estimates.
The budget includes $84 billion in revenue and $94.9 billion in expenses, alongside $4 billion in contingencies to handle U.S. Tariffs' impact.
Premier David Eby stated that the new U.S. Tariffs on Canadian goods are a 'betrayal' and emphasized collective local support.
Environmentalists criticized the budget for insufficient funding for oversight of natural resource projects amid tariff-related developments.

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Houston Today

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Budget raises questions among environmentalists, B.C. Greens

Environmentalists are raising questions about the 2025

7 days ago

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CTV News

B.C. finance minister describes Tuesday’s budget as nothing ‘splashy and new’

British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says her inaugural budget was “very measured” rather than “splashy and new,” in the early days of a trade war with the United States.

7 days ago·Canada

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CBC News

B.C. government 'really in a bind' as budget aims for flexibility amid tariff uncertainty

The B.C. government's 2025/26 budget comes as the province is constrained by the start of a trade war prompted by U.S. tariffs, but political watchers say B.C. has many unmet needs and also needs a long-term vision.

7 days ago·Canada

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Vancouver Sun

B.C. Budget 2025: U.S. tariffs overshadow budget as record deficit projected

The budget put forward a modest $5.7 billion increase in spending over the course of the next three years.

7 days ago·Vancouver, Canada

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Prince George Citizen

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B.C. finance minister to speak to business group a day after budget amid tariffs

VICTORIA — British Columbia's finance minister is starting to sell her budget to the public complete with a record deficit in the early days of a trade war with the United States.

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Barrie Today

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B.C. budget brings record deficit, billions in trade-war contingencies

VICTORIA — The days leading up to British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey’s first budget had been a blur, she said, each “blended into the other” as she and her staff tried to keep up with unspooling developments in a potential Canada-U. S.

8 days ago·Barrie, Canada

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