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British Columbia deficit ends fiscal year $3.2 billion below budget

British Columbia deficit fiscal year spending capital spending slippage tobacco settlement provincial budget

British Columbia’s deficit for the 2025/26 fiscal year ended at $7.7 billion, which is $3.2 billion lower than originally budgeted. The total provincial spending for the year exceeded $94.9 billion.

Finance Minister Brenda Bailey attributed the lower deficit to a combination of factors, including a one-time $2.561 billion tobacco settlement and better-than-expected economic growth. Additionally, the province experienced “slippage” in its capital spending plan, where only $11.4 billion was spent out of a budgeted $15.4 billion. This slippage, caused by labour shortages and supply-chain disruptions, included delays in education, highways, transit, and health facility projects.

While the lower deficit appears positive, Bailey noted that the $4 billion in capital spending slippage will carry over into future years. The province is implementing a “repacing” strategy to deliberately manage project timelines and control costs.

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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Ladysmith Chronicle [ladysmithchronicle.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Today in BC [todayinbc.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Williams Lake Tribune [wltribune.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Quesnel Cariboo Observer [quesnelobserver.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Northern Sentinel [northernsentinel.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Kimberley Bulletin [kimberleybulletin.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Burns Lake Lakes District News [burnslakelakesdistrictnews.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Haida Gwaii Observer [haidagwaiiobserver.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Barriere North Thompson Star [barrierestarjournal.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - coastmountainnews [coastmountainnews.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Vanderhoof Omineca Express [ominecaexpress.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Surrey Now-Leader [surreynowleader.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Revelstoke Review [revelstokereview.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - The Northern View [thenorthernview.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Peninsula News Review [peninsulanewsreview.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Peace Arch News [peacearchnews.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Nanaimo News Bulletin [nanaimobulletin.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Mission City Record [missioncityrecord.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Langley Advance Times [langleyadvancetimes.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Keremeos Review [keremeosreview.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Kelowna Capital News [kelownacapnews.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Goldstream News Gazette [goldstreamgazette.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Creston Valley Advance [crestonvalleyadvance.ca]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Cranbrook Daily Townsman [cranbrooktownsman.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Comox Valley Record [comoxvalleyrecord.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Cloverdale Reporter [cloverdalereporter.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Chilliwack Progress [theprogress.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal [ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Aldergrove Star [aldergrovestar.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Abbotsford News [abbynews.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - 100 Mile Free Press [100milefreepress.net]
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Tighter spending, more revenue brings B. C. deficit down to $7. 7B, minister says [www.cjme.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Trail Times [trailtimes.ca]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Parksville Qualicum News [pqbnews.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - The Free Press [thefreepress.ca]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Houston Today [houston-today.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Oak Bay News [oakbaynews.com]
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B. C. 's deficit ends fiscal year $3. 2 billion lower than budget - Cowichan Valley Citizen [cowichanvalleycitizen.com]
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Vaughn Palmer: Under David Eby, B. C. continues racking up eye-watering debt [ca.news.yahoo.com]
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