B.C. budget’s housing, child care measures good for business: premier
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s premier says his government’s focus on housing and child care in this week’s budget is good for the province’s businesses.
John Horgan told the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on Friday that the financial plan will help attract workers to the province and retain them.
“If you can’t find schools, if you can’t find child care, if you can’t find a doctor, you’re going to go somewhere else,” he said.
Tuesday’s budget included $1 billion for child care over the next three years and a housing plan that expands a tax on foreign buyers, taxes real estate speculation and allocates $6 billion for affordable housing over the next decade.