Eby Resolves to Keep Spending in New Year, Making Most of Forecast Budget Windfall

Eby Resolves to Keep Spending in New Year, Making Most of Forecast Budget Windfall
Premier David Eby looks on as ministers are sworn in during a ceremony at Government House in Victoria, B.C., Dec. 7, 2022. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito
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Premier David Eby took office in B.C. amid a whirlwind of spending announcements and he’s not making any resolutions of frugality in the new year.

Instead he said he plans to make the most of a potential bumper surplus, undeterred by a slim growth forecast.