Critics say the longer the B.C. government waits to build new schools, the more costs will balloon.
That revelation, critics say, flies in the face of Premier John Horgan’s statement earlier this month that there is “no constraint” on the province’s capital budget.
One of the new school projects that has been deferred indefinitely is the $87 million project to replace Mission Senior Secondary, an NDP election promise in 2020. Broady also said school districts face additional cost pressures related to the provincially mandated five days’ sick leave, a law that came into effect Jan. 1. Broady, who is also chairwoman of the West Vancouver school board, said that in her district the financial impact for the year “is expected to be in the range of $300,000.”Article content
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