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1st Session, 43rd Parliament

(2025) THIRD READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 29th day of May, 2025

Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

HONOURABLE BRENDA BAILEY

MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 16 – 2025

SUPPLY ACT, 2025–2026

Preamble

WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the main Estimates accompanying the Message, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, that provision is required to defray certain expenses of the public service of the Province, and for other purposes connected with the public service, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026;

THEREFORE HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Voted expenses appropriation

1 From and out of the consolidated revenue fund there may be paid and applied in the manner and at the times the government may determine the sum of $82 146 902 000 as set forth in

Schedule 1, towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2025 .

Voted financing transactions appropriation

2 From and out of the consolidated revenue fund there may be paid and applied in the manner and at the times the government may determine the sum of $1 560 352 000 towards

(

a) capital expenditures referred to in

Schedule C of the main Estimates as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, and

(

b) the disbursements for loans, investments and other requirements referred to in

Schedule D of those main Estimates,

as set forth in

Schedule 2, towards defraying the charges and expenditures of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2025 .

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Schedule 1

2025/2026

Schedule of Voted Expenses

Sums granted to His Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote Number

Ministry/Office or Minister/Program

Legislative Assembly

138 852 000

Auditor General

26 981 000

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

893 000

Elections BC

14 802 000

Human Rights Commissioner

7 668 000

Information and Privacy Commissioner

10 933 000

Merit Commissioner

1 697 000

Ombudsperson

15 332 000

Police Complaint Commissioner

8 866 000

Representative for Children and Youth

12 603 000

Office of the Premier

18 450 000

Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Ministry Operations

99 120 000

Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Agricultural Land Commission

5 508 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Ministry Operations

750 254 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Judiciary

112 638 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Crown Proceeding Act

24 500 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Independent Investigations Office

12 652 000

Ministry of Children and Family Development – Ministry Operations

2 442 836 000

Ministry of Citizens' Services – Ministry Operations

705 355 000

Ministry of Education and Child Care – Ministry Operations

9 788 522 000

Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness – Ministry Operations

88 707 000

Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

36 420 000

Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions – Ministry Operations

90 831 000

Ministry of Environment and Parks – Ministry Operations

162 410 000

Ministry of Environment and Parks – Environmental Assessment Office

17 343 000

Ministry of Finance – Ministry Operations

426 950 000

Ministry of Finance – Government Communications and Public Engagement

32 453 000

Ministry of Finance – BC Public Service Agency

71 872 000

Ministry of Finance – Benefits and Other Employment Costs

1 000

Ministry of Forests – Ministry Operations

412 584 000

Ministry of Forests – Fire Management

238 047 000

Ministry of Health – Ministry Operations

34 996 928 000

Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs – Ministry Operations

1 513 975 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Ministry Operations

75 134 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Treaty and Other Agreements Funding

105 204 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Declaration Act Secretariat

4 574 000

Ministry of Infrastructure – Ministry Operations

55 332 000

Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation – Ministry Operations

116 223 000

Ministry of Labour – Ministry Operations

25 986 000

Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals – Ministry Operations

61 012 000

Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills – Ministry Operations

3 515 868 000

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Ministry Operations

1 121 960 000

Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction – Ministry Operations

5 747 116 000

Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport – Ministry Operations

186 048 000

Ministry of Transportation and Transit – Ministry Operations

1 191 816 000

Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship – Ministry Operations

220 818 000

Minister of Finance – Management of Public Funds and Debt

2 762 120 000

Minister of Finance – Contingencies

4 000 000 000

Various Ministers – Capital Funding

7 258 544 000

Various Ministers – Commissions on Collection of Public Funds

1 000

Various Ministers – Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts

1 000

Minister of Finance – Tax Transfers

3 408 000 000

Minister of Forests – Forest Practices Board

4 162 000

TOTAL

82 146 902 000

Schedule 2

2025/2026

Schedule of Voted Financing Transactions

Sums granted to His Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 and the purposes for which they are granted

Schedule C – Capital Expenditures

601 739 000

Schedule D – Loans, Investments and Other Requirements

958 613 000

TOTAL

1 560 352 000

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