The B.C. Conservatives have released a costed platform that the party says would generate $2.6 billion in additional revenue over three years and reduce the provincial deficit to $10.8 billion by 2030.
The 71-page platform was released on Oct. 18, six days before the Oct. 24 provincial election and three days after advance polls opened across the province.
The document projects that achieving gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates of 2.5 percent in 2027, 2.8 percent in 2028, and 3.2 percent in 2029, would generate an additional $2.62 billion in revenue over three years compared with the NDP’s forecast.
Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson says he reviewed the document before it was published for public perusal….