The British Columbia government is cancelling a promised $1,000 grocery rebate and freezing hiring in some public service positions to address a 'four years of unpredictability' from the United States. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey cited the potential impacts of President Donald Trump's 'reckless' and 'destabilizing' tariffs on Canadian goods.
The British Columbia government is cancelling a promised $1,000 grocery rebate and will freeze hiring of some public service positions to "find dollars" in its budget as it prepares for "four years of unpredictability" from the United States, Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says.
In the campaign for the October election, the governing NDP had promised the $1,000 grocery rebate to be delivered to all households this fiscal year ending March 31. "It is our responsibility to make sure that we protect the core services for people in British Columbia, that we protect health care, that we protect education, that we protect social services, that we protect safety in our streets."
"We'll also be looking at things like travel and consultancy costs and places where we might be able to find efficiencies across government." Bailey said economic modelling for the tariffs, and Canada's retaliation, shows B.C. could lose $69 billion in GDP over four years and tens of thousands of jobs.
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