Last week, the NDP government delivered their eighth and final budget before the 2024 election, and unfortunately, it’s more of the same from a government that has failed to deliver for British Columbians.
Budget 2024 racks up an $8 billion inflationary deficit – the largest in B.C.’s history. It took 150 years for B.C.’s debt to reach $50 billion, but the NDP has already doubled that debt in seven years to over $103 billion and it’s projected to grow to $165 billion by 2026/27.
What’s most troubling about this reckless spending, is its failure to deliver results for British Columbians. Everywhere you look from affordability, to crime, to healthcare it’s the worse we’ve ever seen. The NDP’s status quo is not working.
British Columbia has the highest housing prices in North America and the most expensive rents in the country.
One in five British Columbians don’t have a family doctor and we are now — for the first time since the NDP government of the 1990s — sending cancer patients down to the United States.
Adults are now scared to walk down their own streets as violent crime has increased 40 percent across the province.
David Eby and the NDP expect British Columbians to accept this as the new normal. BC United rejects this status quo, we believe British Columbians deserve a government that has a practical plan to make a difference people can feel in their lives.
We believe government should take less, not more, from people during a cost-of-living crisis and should ensure today’s services are paid for today, not by our children.
That’s why a BC United government will scrap the carbon tax on home heating and permanently eliminate the provincial fuel tax, saving drivers up to $30 per fill-up, leaving more money in your pocket.
People are tired of the NDP new normal, higher taxes, higher costs, and worse services. BC United has a real plan to fix the mess David Eby has created.
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