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Oct 21, 2026
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How BC Conservatives Learned to Love Deficits - The Tyee
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Listen to this article 7 min Apocalyptic warnings about the provincial deficit have been the centrepiece of B.C.
The Tyee is supported by readers like you Join us and grow independent media in Canada The Conservative platform pledges the deficit under its plan would fall from $13.7 billion in the current fiscal year to $13.5 billion next year and $12.3 billion in 2028-29.
The NDP platform, in comparison, projects a deficit of $13.8 billion this year, $12.7 billion next year and $12 billion in 2028-29.
The Conservatives reject the NDP’s forecast of additional provincial revenues ($1.8 billion over three years) flowing from newly approved resource projects (such as the LNG Canada expansion).
They also predict that high-income people will flee the NDP’s proposed new tax bracket for people earning over $1 million per year, reducing revenues.
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Apocalyptic warnings about the provincial deficit have been the centrepiece of B.C. Conservative economic discourse.
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B.C.’s deficit reflects NDP mismanagement, they say, and will ultimately bankrupt the province unless prudent hands are put in charge.…
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