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Balanced Budget 2008

  • Greener Future, Stronger Economy

    A wide range of new measures to address climate change, promote greener choices, and encourage economic investment will allow British Columbia to meet the challenges of the future.

    Balanced Budget 2008 overturns the notion that you have to choose either a strong economy or a healthy environment. It encourages cleaner choices, invests more than $1 billion in climate action initiatives, lowers taxes to stimulate investment, and increases funding for health care and education to their highest levels ever in British Columbia.

  • Finance Minister Carole Taylor

    Minister Carole Taylor

    Minister Carole Taylor answering questions from members of the media at the budget lockup, February 19, 2008.
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  • Media Presentation

    Minister Carole Taylor talks to the news media and stakeholders at the budget lockup, February 19, 2008.
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  • Budget Highlights

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    Reader-friendly, plain-language overview of Balanced Budget 2008.

     
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  • Slide Presentation

    The Finance Minister’s slide presentation to the news media and stakeholders.
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  • Budget Speech

    The Finance Minister's address to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

     
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    Webcast of Minister Carole Taylor’s Budget Speech to the Legislative Assembly.
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If you wish to read a document online, choose the HTML option. To download and print a copy of a document, select the printer-friendly PDF version.  (PDF Reader and Flash Plugin link page)

Budget News Release: the budget overview distributed to news media. HTML | PDF
Budget Backgrounders: additional budget details to accompany the news release.      
• Fiscal Plan 2008/09-2010/11 HTML | PDF
• B.C.’s Revenue-neutral Carbon Tax HTML | PDF
• $1 Billion for Climate Action HTML | PDF
• Investing in B.C.’s Economic Competitiveness HTML | PDF
• Illustrations of Tax Impacts 2009 HTML | PDF
Budget and Fiscal Plan: the main budget document; it lays out the Province’s three-year fiscal plan, including economic outlook, revenues, spending, tax measures, and forecasting risks and assumptions. HTML | PDF
Government Strategic Plan: sets out an overarching vision, goals and priority actions for the Province of British Columbia for the next 10 years. HTML | PDF
Ministry Service Plans: provides an overview of every ministry, including how they intend to achieve their service goals and how they support the direction laid out in the Government Strategic Plan. Listing of
Ministry
Service Plans
Crown Agency Service Plans: provides an overview of every Crown agency, including how they intend to achieve their service goals and how they support the direction laid out in the Government Strategic Plan. Listing of
Crown Agency
Service Plans
Estimates: the detailed breakdown of proposed spending by ministry and government agency that must be debated and approved by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.     PDF
Supplement to the Estimates: provides additional information on proposed spending organized into major categories such as salaries, grants, capital, travel, and operations.     PDF