Government spending reached a historic high in British Columbia under former Premier John Horgan in 2021, even when COVID-19-related spending was excluded, says a report from the Fraser Institute.
The analysis looked at the highest single-year per-person spending by B.C. premiers between the years 1965 and 2021. The highest recorded per-person spending came under Horgan in 2021 at $13,250. Excluding COVID-related spending, per-person spending ($12,533) in 2021 was still the highest on record.
