The B.C. Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says "There's no shortage of fat that this government could drip."

Carson Binda stopped in Kelowna on July 17 as part of the provincial debt clock tour. 

British Columbia's debt is over $ 112 billion and Binda added that grows about $ 53 million every week. 

"Every single British Columbian owes the equivalent of $20,000 to the provincial debt, and that's a huge problem."

Binda cited the growing culture of waste in Victoria as a main cause behind the rising debt. 

The director addressed pay raises in government and had this to say about the 35 per cent raise for Kelowna's city council. 

"That has a big impact for Kelowna taxpayers, the folks who are stuck with the bills when politicians take those huge double-digit pay raises," Binda said. "It's totally unacceptable for municipal politicians to be taking those pay raises when life has never been harder for their constituents."

The Taxpayers Federation is calling for more transparency and some serious fiscal discipline. 

Binda said it's been both surprising and disappointing to see the provincial NDP government's lack of reception to their cross-province tour. 

The clock will head north for the next few stops before returning to the southern interior and back over to the lower mainland. 

"This is just the provincial government's debt. The federal government's debt is another $ 1.2 trillion on top of that," Binda said. "When you add every British Columbian's share to the provincial and federal debt we're looking at the equivalent of $50,000. That is huge money at a time when no one can afford it."

CTF is demanding all levels of government act with fiscal discipline and treat the "taxpayers with the respect they deserve".