B.C. Minister of Finance Brenda Bailey tables the provincial budget as Premier David Eby, right, looks on in the assembly at legislature in Victoria, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. budget ‘lands in the middle’ between cuts and safeguarding core services: Bailey

by The Canadian Press February 19, 2026

written by The Canadian Press February 19, 2026

By Wolfgang Depner British Columbia's finance minister started to sell her "tough" budget Wednesday to business leaders who describe her deficit numbers as "scary," while other groups are tabulating the losses. Brenda Bailey told about 200 people at a Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce that ...

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