The leaders of both B.C. political parties at the top of the polls have laid out ambitious spending promises in the last two weeks.
WATCH: Several big election promises have already been announced during the B.C. election campaign. As Richard Zussman explains, it's unclear how many BC Conservative promises will be paid for.Whoever wins the B.C. provincial election, it appears there will be a surge of spending in the years ahead, with both the BC Conservative andlaid out promises for what could be tens of billions of dollars in capital spending, with infrastructure upgrades in virtually every corner of the province.
The party has previously pledged to boost tax credits and funding for seniors’ home care and add 5,000 long-term care beds, and to pay for people to go out of province for health care if wait times in B.C. are too long. “I’ll give John Rustad one thing. He is good at making promises and very bad at following through,” BC NDP Leader David Eby said Friday.Eby, however, has also made a number of big-ticket promises, which would largely be funded with new government debt.
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