Lost amid the whirlwind of the Eby government’s first year of housing, health care and affordability announcements is a suite of economic actions that, taken together, add up to a measured reshaping of B.C.’s economy.
The premier’s mandate letters include clear directions to maximize the production of clean energy, reduce permitting timelines, pursue Indigenous equity stakes in projects, advance critical mineral mines and reform the British Columbia Utilities Commission.
And Budget 2024 provides substance for that direction. New investments in building the clean economy and addressing climate change total $1.3 billion over three years, including $405 million to prepare for and respond to climate emergencies, which the budget rightly
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