Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services: Annual Budget Consultation

March 23, 2026

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VICTORIA – The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has announced details for its consultation on the next provincial budget.
The Committee will be holding several public meetings to hear from British Columbians about their priorities for Budget 2027. The meetings are anticipated to take place in June and will be a mix of in-person and virtual meetings. The Committee expects to hold in-person meetings in the following communities:

• Burnaby
• Castlegar
• Cranbrook
• Dawson Creek
• Kamloops
• Kelowna
• Mission
• Nanaimo
• Prince George
• Smithers
• Vancouver
• Victoria

British Columbians are asked to indicate their interest in speaking with the Committee by Friday, April 10 at 2:00 p.m. (Pacific) by completing a request form on the Parliamentary Committees Consultation Portal.
The opportunity to provide written input to the Committee will also be available beginning in June.

The Committee is comprised of both government and opposition MLAs and is tasked by the Legislative Assembly to undertake an annual public consultation on the next provincial budget, and to make recommendations based on its consultation.

For more information on the consultation, visit bcleg.ca/consultations or contact the Parliamentary Committees Office by email at ac.cb.gel@eettimmoCecnaniF or by phone at 250-356-2933 or 1-877-428- 8337 (toll-free in BC).

The Members of the Committee are:

Paul Choi, MLA, Burnaby South-Metrotown (Chair);
Donegal Wilson, MLA, Boundary-Similkameen (Deputy Chair);
Rohini Arora, MLA, Burnaby East;
Steve Morissette, MLA, Kootenay-Monashee;
Bryan Tepper, MLA, Surrey-Panorama.

For further informaton:

Darryl Hol
Committee Clerk
Room 224
Parliament Buildings Victoria BC
V8V 1X4
ac.cb.gel@eettimmoCecnaniF

For more details please visit the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government webpage.

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