It can be easy to think that nothing past the Rockies really matters to Albertans, but what’s happening in British Columbia is deeply troubling. Government mismanagement of B.C.’s finances, economy and natural resources should be a warning to us all.

B.C. Premier David Eby has introduced economic and energy policies that are catastrophic for workers, families and businesses across his province. The provincial deficit for 2025 is at least $11 billion — and more likely to pass $15 billion, once Eby updates the numbers this fall.

Leading the parade of bad NDP ideas is Eby’s CleanBC plan, which shows what happens when political ideology is placed ahead of common sense and economic reality. A recent ICBA Economics report delivered a shocking assessment, based on the B.C. government’s own analysis: CleanBC will strip away $109.7 billion in economic activity from its economy by 2029 — more than 2.5 times the damage that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s retaliatory trade barriers could inflict.

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