BC Government Cuts Funding for Land-Use Planning Programs

governance · 2025 · British Columbia

The BC Government's 2025 service plan increased investments in permitting for resource development but cut over $18 million from the land-use planning and programs budget that identify and address cumulative effects of development.

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• “This year’s service plan made no mention of the environment, with the BC Government actually cutting funding within the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship... it cut over $18 million from the land-use planning/programs budget.” — The Islands Grapevine – May 15th, 2025 (May 15th, 2025)

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