No surprise here. Life will get crappier every year. Buckle up and invest in the US stock market (or elsewhere). It's almost the ONLY way to survive in Canada.

Stop giving First Nations so much free stuff.

Rob, when we talk about billions of dollars, it's hard for most people to grasp what that really means. Let me break this down to a personal level using data from BC's 2025 Budget. Looking at the numbers per person in BC: as of 2023/24, each British Columbian's share of government debt now exceeds their share of government assets. This means BC has reached a critical financial turning point - we now owe more than we own. This trajectory puts BC on a path toward spending cuts and austerity measures. It's worth noting that Finance Minister @BrendaBaileyBC's background is in political science and social work, not economics or finance. This suggests that Minister Bailey is simply rubber-stamping what the decades old bureaucracy and perpetually retained consultants present to her. She has no say in the budget. The BC NDP has lost control of the bureaucracy, now the bureaucracy controls the NDP. @brett_oland @Dave_Eby @Dallas_Brodie @TaraArmstrongBC

We can’t afford to let this happen

Hi Rob, the debt could be good if it is matched by growth, but if the debt is growing faster then GDP, its a very bad sign.

Okay, but has anything in BC changed or gotten better as a result of the spending? Better services? Cheaper anything? Anything to actually show for the debt?

> BC debt is expected to skyrocket from $155b to $212b in 3yrs. WERE SO BACK

Elections have consequences part one million

Rigged elections have consequences and it looks like it might be for generations.

But that $2.7B payment is spread out over a few years. So the deficit IS actually higher.

How much are they actually hiding if they say it’s 11.6 that’s probably closer to 15 to 17,000,000,000 We’ve already seen the logic with the layoff of government. Workers win far more been higher than ever laid off. NDP magical math doesn’t work

Wow, that will be about $32,000 worth of debt per person.

So much for the NDP's fig leaf of financial responsibility...

Not a single dollar was used to stop people from smoking was it though? Just sayin'

Would you expect anything less from a liberal/ndp government ..

brutal.

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The avg person in BC thinks money is fake and debt doesn’t matter 😂 not sure what else is expected

Severe cuts coming to govt programs shortly

BC needs to buy Bitcoin, in a hurry.

Obviously eliminating the carbon tax and credit was a huge mistake. Sad they caved to divisive misinformation from conservatives and the oil industry.

So…. How long till the bond market tells us to pound sand?

Funny that when the resource sector has been constantly attacked and high-performers vilified and taxed to the exit door

but @Dave_Eby always has such a concerned look on his face, that alone must account for something

And life in BC has not gotten any better.

Thanks to the socialist republic of NDP and David Eby for f**king up a perfectly running province. NDP and its policies have no space in Canadian politics. Liberals is as far left we can afford to go.

The deficit is one thing. The real risk is assuming markets will keep financing bad policy without raising the cost of capital. That’s not how this usually ends.

Don't the BC people vote for NDP?

I don’t think the tobacco settlement is a lump sum payment - it’s payed out over a number of years. The NDP are deliberately fudging the numbers.