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B.C. CONSERVATIVE LEADER: “THIS IS NOT JOHN HORGAN’S BC NDP


BC’s 2024 Budget makes one thing clear – this is not John Horgan’s BC NDP.

"This is not John Horgan’s BC NDP. As Premier, David Eby is spending more than ever before to get less for working people,” says Conservative Party of British Columbia Leader, MLA John Rustad.

There will be no surpluses, or money set aside for a rainy day under David Eby. This BC NDP is spending every penny in future generations’ piggybank, and they are spending it at record speed.

Premier David Eby is single-handedly taking BC from a province that ended the 2022/2023 fiscal year with a surplus, to one where families and future generations are asked to shoulder the burden of the highest ever deficit and total debt in the history of British Columbia.

Under Eby’s NDP, BC’s total debt is projected to increase by over $61 billion in just three years; $11,000 per British Columbian, and $44,000 per family of four. Families are being asked to spend so much more and are being given so much less in return.

This budget will provide British Columbians with no relief at the grocery store checkout, and no meaningful relief when rent is due. Once again, under David Eby, everyday hardworking people are being asked to pay more and expect less.


Elite Universities and Colleges can now be confident they can charge young people more and more, as maximum student loan amounts have doubled – so young people can get into record amounts of debt while pursuing their education in Eby’s BC.

There is funding in this budget for 49 overdose sites at over a million dollars each, which means more funding for new drug sites to bring more drugs, crime, and chaos into BC communities.

Groceries cost more, housing costs more, education costs more. Things have never looked bleaker for BC’s future generations. This is the result of 16 years of NDP, and 16 years of Liberal-BCU governments.

October of 2024, there will be an election in British Columbia and the people will decide the future of our great province. Prior to that election, BC’s Conservatives will fight this autocratic, socialist NDP government tooth and nail – and we will put forward a plan to Get BC’s Future Back.

“It’s time for working people to have opportunity again, and for young people to see a future in BC. This budget does none of that. Premier Eby’s vision of managing British Columbia’s social, cultural, and economic decline must be repealed and replaced – full stop,” Rustad concludes.

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