Latest B.C. budget most unpopular since Gordon Campbell’s 2010 budet: poll | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] A new public opinion poll shows that B.C. Premier David Eby and his NDP government have taken a hit from the recent provincial budget. The poll, from Innovative Research Group, found that this budget was the most unpopular since former premier Gordon Campbell’s budget in 2010. That was the budget that introduced the Harmonized […]
‘They’re overseeing themselves’: B.C. budget eliminates merit commissioner position | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] One of the cuts in B.C.’s budget is the merit commissioner position, which oversees hiring practices in B.C.’s Public Service. When someone is hired in that area, an independent office oversees the hiring to make sure the job was won on merit and not political connections. The Office of the Merit Commissioner does that […]
5 things to know about B.C.’s 2026 budget | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] B.C.’s Finance Minister, Brenda Bailey, has delivered the 2026 budget. Here are five things you need to know. Bailey has promised there would be years of declining deficits, but first it is projected to spike by a hefty 38 per cent to a record $13.3 billion next fiscal year, compared with an updated forecast […]