Tourism, hospitality and retail sectors seeking help from B.C.’s upcoming budget

Business is tough for a lot of business owners and executives in the retail, tourism and hospitality sectors. 

They have been hit with high inflation, pandemic debt, labour shortages, overall cost pressures and sometimes the impact of climate change.

With the B.C. government slated to release its 2024-25 budget on Feb. 22, there are plenty of things that industry principals and their advocates are seeking even if they are doubt their wishes will be fulfilled.

“I don’t find that this government is particularly business friendly so I want to keep my expectations to a dull roar,” said Retail Council of Canada director of government relations Greg Wilson. 

The biggest thing that Wilson

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