Finance Minister Selina Robinson is set to table the government s first budget on April 20. Last December in a fiscal update she forecast a budget deficit nearing $14 billion.
Farnworth says the budget will include details of government investment in infrastructure, but will also keep focused on the fight against COVID-19.
Interim Liberal Leader Shirley Bond says the government s economic, social and health programs throughout the pandemic have been unfocused and the Opposition will demand initiatives with straightforward goals.
Adam Olsen, one of two B.C. Greens in the legislature, says the NDP has yet to offer a clear agenda since their fall election win.
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British Columbia's NDP government is set to present its throne speech later Monday, laying out its priorities more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began.
British Columbia s NDP government is set to present its throne speech later today, laying out its priorities more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began.
NDP government to lay out priorities with B.C. throne speech
Then NDP Leader John Horgan, right, and local candidate Mike Farnworth greet one another with an elbow bump during a campaign stop in Coquitlam, B.C., on Friday, September 25, 2020. British Columbia s NDP government is set to present its throne speech later today, laying out its priorities a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck April 12, 2021 - 1:00 AM
VICTORIA - British Columbia s NDP government is set to present its throne speech later today, laying out its priorities more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began.