Der Haushalt von British Columbia umfasst Steuererhöhungen, den Abbau von 15.000 öffentlichen Stellen und ein prognostiziertes Defizit von 13 Milliarden US-Dollar
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-budget-2026-9.7094451
Der Haushalt von British Columbia umfasst Steuererhöhungen, den Abbau von 15.000 öffentlichen Stellen und ein prognostiziertes Defizit von 13 Milliarden US-Dollar
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-budget-2026-9.7094451
2 Kommentare
Tax increases… public service job cuts? Just goes to show while David Eby is wearing an NDP hat, he’s really more of a Progressive Conservative ar the end of the day.
I can’t believe all the NDP provincial parties become fake NDPers and resort to neoliberalism.
It’s an epidemic!
> The government is forecasting deficits of $12.1 billion and $11.4 billion the following two years, with the province’s total debt expected to rise over the next three years from $154 billion to $235 billion.
I don’t get where an $80 billion increase comes from at those deficit levels. That’s only half that in 3 years.
> The government announced a diverse range of tax increases that it said would primarily impact higher-income earners, causing an average increase of $76 a year.
Primarily impacting high income earners would be good. Except
> The province will increase the basic tax rate on the first bracket paid by all people from five per cent to 5.6 per cent, the first universal tax raise since 2008, while increasing the tax reduction credit by $115 to $690.
> And it will expand PST to a host of professional services, removing the exemption for clothing alterations, basic cable and landline telephone services.
That doesn’t do that.
> “Under our government, B.C. is among the lowest-taxed provinces for working and middle-class families,” said Bailey.
But that does seem true. Tax levels are pretty low for anyone making under $100k.
> In addition, the government is freezing the number of new providers for $10 a day childcare, and slowing down a number of capital projects, including seven long-term care facilities, phase two of the new Burnaby Hospital and student housing at the University of Victoria.
That is idiotic! If BC is anything like any other province I’ve heard of, LTC is behind what is needed. And our population is aging! And if $10 a day can’t be for all then increase it a bit. It’s not fair to lock in those who have it and screw everybody else.
> The rest is coming from various Crown corporations, health agencies and schools, though the government is hopeful many of those will happen from early retirements and hiring freezes.
Cutting school and healthcare jobs??