Finance Minister Mike De Jong

Finance Minister Mike de Jong: Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced Wednesday that the provincial surplus will grow $29 million, to a projected $165 million this fiscal year, despite weak economic growth and a drop in tax revenue. , according to Times Colonist. Achieving our objective and achieving that balance and modest surplus will require continued vigilance and will not leave any room for extravagance or additional spending beyond what you see laid out in the fiscal plan, he said. The B.C. government has dipped into its rainy-day economic allowance in order to bump up the budget surplus. The government pulled $50 million out of its forecast allowance in the second quarter to help very modestly boost the surplus, de Jong said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.