Budget 2010 advance warning: more government spending cuts will further slow BC’s sluggish economic recovery
CCPA BC office
February 25, 2010

In anticipation of Tuesday’s provincial budget, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns that further cuts to public spending will impede the economic recovery, which is already expected to be slow and jobless.

“There is no ‘fat’ to trim from public services as BC’s public sector is already among the smallest in Canada,” says CCPA economist Iglika Ivanova. “Recent rounds of spending cuts have compromised much-needed social services and removed a potential source of stimulus at a time when the provincial economy needs all the help it can get.”

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