DEBT & DEBT SERVICE COSTS EXPLODE!

 

NOW $17,900,000.00 PER DAY
INTEREST PAYMENTS ON DEBT

B.C.’s own fiscal plan shows how debt becomes a permanent claim on taxpayers: total provincial debt is forecast to jump from $156.6B (2025/26) to $183.7B (2026/27)—about $27B more debt in a single year. 

 And the price tag shows up immediately in interest: total interest costs rise from $5.248B to $6.177B, which works out to roughly $14.4 million a day climbing to $17.9 million a day going to interest before a single pothole is filled. 

B.C.’s own fiscal plan now pegs total provincial debt interest at $6.542 billion in 2026/27 — about $17.9 million every day. That’s the province’s all-in interest bill, paid first, before any real-world decisions on roads, policing, hospitals, or schools.