Finance Minister Selina Robinson says a three-year climate fund will support ongoing disaster cleanup and rebuilding
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Finance Minister Selina Robinson says the budget also includes cutting average child-care fees to about $20 per day. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck files VICTORIA — British Columbia has earmarked $2.1 billion to fund disaster recovery efforts and future response to the threats posed by wildfires, floods and heat waves in a budget that forecasts a $5.5 billion deficit.
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Finance Minister Selina Robinson says a three-year climate fund will support ongoing disaster cleanup and rebuilding in southern B.C. communities hit by last November’s floods and mudslides.
She says the budget does not include a total estimate of the recovery costs, prompting the government to add a $1.1 billion contingency fund in its financial accounting for the 2022-23 fiscal year to cover future costs.
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She says the budget, which forecasts economic growth of four per cent, also includes cutting average child-care fees to about $20 per day. The NDP has promised $10-a-day child care.
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