Vaughn Palmer: Watch for these key dates as COVID\u002D19 ravages B.C. budget
“I know it feels like forever to everybody out there,” the finance minister acknowledged. “But we are still only two months into the fiscal year — April and May. There is still a lot of data to be collected.”
“It really is an opportunity for people because that will be a recovery budget,” said James. “So it’s important to give the public an opportunity to say what their priorities are, what areas do they want us to take a look at for the upcoming budget.”Article content continued “The numbers will continue to be tough,” James predicted, there being a big lag between when the survey is assembled and when it is released.Article content continued
The latter was pretty much a blank cheque, so it will be up to James and the other ministers to lay out the details, especially of the $1.5 billion set aside for a still-unspecified economic recovery plan.Article content continuedExpected date for the release of the public accounts and audited financial statements for the financial year that ended March 31.
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