Redeye
Redeye
Redeye Collective
BC budget rejects austerity with increases to housing, health care and more
15 minutes Posted Mar 5, 2023 at 2:10 pm.
0:00
15:12
Download MP3
Show notes
BC’s first budget under Premier David Eby was released on Tuesday. It includes funding increases in housing, health care, income supports and cost of living tax credits, and allocates a record level of investment towards capital infrastructure. To discuss both the new spending and what’s missing from the budget, I’m joined by Alex Hemingway, senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office.