The latest British Columbia provincial budget, released last month, includes about $95 million for agriculture.
Ian Paton, the Liberal agricultural critic, viewed the budget as disappointing.
“(We were) looking for support for the grain industry in northern B.C. that went through a terrible harvest season for canola and wheat and barley up in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek. It’s quite disappointing,” he said.
Paton also said the budget is down about $3 million from last year. The 2019 agricultural budget was $98 million.
However, the agriculture ministry said its budget has grown $13.9 million compared to the 2016-17 budget, an increase of 17 percent.
