Here are key take\u002Daways from B.C.\u0027s 2023 budget, including a renters credit, expanded mental health treatment, and a hike in carbon taxes.
The budget promised $450 million this year to build more homes through the B.C. Builds program, including $83 million in capital funding to acquire lands for future affordable housing near transit corridors.The government will spend $384 million to address the homelessness crisis, include funding new regional teams to help people living in encampments.
The B.C. Liberals’ treatment plan included a promise to waive all user fees for treatment services so people do not have to pay out of pocket. Conroy said the government will remove user fees only on the 190 new treatment spaces but not on existing treatment beds.Advertisement 63. Free contraception Starting in July, people with disabilities or those on income assistance will get $125 a month more to pay for shelter, something advocates had been calling for to support vulnerable people amid rising costs.
Following Conroy’s visit to Ruth King Elementary Monday where she served hot lunches to students, the budget earmarks $59 million this year to expand existing school food programs.Article contentThe budget earmarks an additional $2.3 billion this year to prop up B.C.’s flagging health care system which has left people without a family doctor and led to overcrowded emergency rooms and burned out health care staff.
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