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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 $
1 Legislative Assembly 138 852 000
2 Auditor General 26 981 000
3 Conflict of Interest Commissioner 893 000
4 Elections BC 14 802 000
5 Human Rights Commissioner 7 668 000
6 Information and Privacy Commissioner 10 933 000
7 Merit Commissioner 1 697 000
8 Ombudsperson 15 332 000
9 Police Complaint Commissioner 8 866 000
10 Representative for Children and Youth 12 603 000
11 Office of the Premier 18 450 000
12 Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Ministry Operations 99 120 000
13 Ministry of Agriculture and Food – Agricultural Land Commission 5 508 000
14 Ministry of Attorney General – Ministry Operations 750 254 000
15 Ministry of Attorney General – Judiciary 112 638 000
16 Ministry of Attorney General – Crown Proceeding Act 24 500 000
17 Ministry of Attorney General – Independent Investigations Office 12 652 000
18 Ministry of Children and Family Development – Ministry Operations 2 442 836 000
19 Ministry of Citizens' Services – Ministry Operations 705 355 000
20 Ministry of Education and Child Care – Ministry Operations 9 788 522 000
21 Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness – Ministry Operations 88 707 000
22 Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness – Emergency and Disaster Management Act 36 420 000
23 Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions – Ministry Operations 90 831 000
24 Ministry of Environment and Parks – Ministry Operations 162 410 000
25 Ministry of Environment and Parks – Environmental Assessment Office 17 343 000
26 Ministry of Finance – Ministry Operations 426 950 000
27 Ministry of Finance – Government Communications and Public Engagement 32 453 000
28 Ministry of Finance – BC Public Service Agency 71 872 000
29 Ministry of Finance – Benefits and Other Employment Costs 1 000
30 Ministry of Forests – Ministry Operations 412 584 000
31 Ministry of Forests – Fire Management 238 047 000
32 Ministry of Health – Ministry Operations 34 996 928 000
33 Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs – Ministry Operations 1 513 975 000
34 Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Ministry Operations 75 134 000
35 Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Treaty and Other Agreements Funding 105 204 000
36 Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Declaration Act Secretariat 4 574 000
37 Ministry of Infrastructure – Ministry Operations 55 332 000
38 Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation – Ministry Operations 116 223 000
39 Ministry of Labour – Ministry Operations 25 986 000
40 Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals – Ministry Operations 61 012 000
41 Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills – Ministry Operations 3 515 868 000
42 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Ministry Operations 1 121 960 000
43 Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction – Ministry Operations 5 747 116 000
44 Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport – Ministry Operations 186 048 000
45 Ministry of Transportation and Transit – Ministry Operations 1 191 816 000
46 Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship – Ministry Operations 220 818 000
47 Minister of Finance – Management of Public Funds and Debt 2 762 120 000
48 Minister of Finance – Contingencies 4 000 000 000
49 Various Ministers – Capital Funding 7 258 544 000
50 Various Ministers – Commissions on Collection of Public Funds 1 000
51 Various Ministers – Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts 1 000
52 Minister of Finance – Tax Transfers 3 408 000 000
53 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