Highlights of the 2017-18 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA — Highlights of British Columbia’s 2017-18 budget released Tuesday:
— A forecast surplus of $295 million, a fifth consecutive balanced budget with projections to remain in the black for the next two years, with a $223 million surplus in 2019-20.
— A previous forecast surplus of $2.2 billion for 2016-17 has been revised to about $1.5 billion in the budget, mostly because of new spending on housing, forest fire prevention measures and infrastructure.
— The government will spend $50.2 billion in the next fiscal year.