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THE ORCA: BC government will face extraordinary economic challenges in 2025


As the clock ticks down on a turbulent 2024, Premier David Eby and his recently installed cabinet are staring at an uncertain and unforgiving economic landscape.

While the province’s economy has been growing, the population has been increasing faster—resulting in a downward trend in the value of economic output, measured on a per-person basis. The same story has been unfolding across the country since 2022.

Looking ahead, BC policymakers and the economists toiling in the Ministry of Finance must contend with two big external unknowns ...

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