Katrine Conroy

• B.C. finance minister says she won’t run for re-election in the fall

  Katrine Conroy has announced she won't be running again in the next provincial election after serving in the legislature for nearly two decades.

  Politics

  May 11
  
• B.C. expanding speculation tax to Kamloops, Parksville, 11 other municipalities

  The speculation tax is already in place across Metro Vancouver, the Capital Regional District and Kelowna and 99 per cent of British Columbians

  Economy

  Nov 22, 2023
  
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• Wildfires, weak natural gas prices push B.C.’s projected deficit to $6.7 billion

  Higher costs to fight wildfires and lower natural gas prices have forced a $2.5-billion addition of B.C.'s projected deficit for this fiscal year, boosting it to $6.7 billion.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2023
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• B.C. posts $704M budget surplus for 2022-2023: Audited public accounts

  Finance Minister Katrine Conroy outlined the province's financial performance in the government's public accounts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

  Politics

  Aug 30, 2023
• 3rd affordability credit to hit 85% of British Columbians’ bank accounts: province

  The BC Affordability Credit is paid through the Canada Revenue Agency alongside the BC Climate Action Tax Credit and any federal GST payments, the province said.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2023
• What people are saying about B.C.’s budget

  The British Columbia government released a budget Tuesday that promises billions in new spending on health, housing and cost-of-living supports, as well as a return to deficits.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2023
• Katrine Conroy brings rural perspective to B.C.’s bottom line, may expand speculation tax

  The veteran New Democrat, who was first elected in 2005, said she was surprised she was appointed finance minister in Premier David Eby's new cabinet.

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2022
• Environmental groups give B.C. failing grades on old-growth forest protection plan

  B.C. environmental groups say the province is failing to make good on its 2020 promise to protect old-growth trees.

  Environment

  Sep 9, 2022
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• B.C. wildfires scorch area well below average, but hot September poses threat

  B.C.’s forest minister says 93 per cent of this season’s fires have been extinguished or are under control.

  Weather

  Sep 1, 2022
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• Both sides of B.C. old-growth logging debate ‘can’t see the forest for the trees’: minister

  Forests Minister Katrine Conroy said that while old-growth logging has garnered passionate public debate, she believes the views of most residents fall somewhere in the middle.

  Politics

  Apr 28, 2022