Budget lowballs corporate tax revenue, overdoes contingency funding
Tories also propose enhancing existing tax credit for low-income earners
The feds added $31 billion in new spending, but promised to find savings in next five years
Scarcity of lower-cost housing has emerged as an issue in the province
The federal government brought in $314 billion in revenue but spent $360 billion from April 1, 2021 through January, 2022.
The province's fiscal position is supportive for credit
The Progressive Conservative government tabled its budget on Tuesday
The surplus is another pendulum swing for a province that for decades has been riding the dizzying highs and subterranean lows of oil and gas prices
A three-year climate fund will support ongoing disaster cleanup and rebuilding in southern B.C. communities hit by last November's floods and mudslides
$16.5 billion in federal spending April through November is on public debt charge alone