The B.C. government has announced plans to review the fiscal sustainability of its Crown corporations.
On the list released Tuesday are the BC Lottery Corporation, BC Hydro, the ICBC, the Liquor Distribution Branch, and the BC Housing Management Commission, including the Provincial Rental Housing Corporation.
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Budget documents released earlier this month showed ICBC did financially worse than forecast, while the BC Lottery Corporation and the Liquor Distribution Branch did better, and BC Hydro performed pretty much on par.
Here's how Crown corps did if you compare expected financial results with what really happened:
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ICBC has been much criticized for an $833-million deficit revealed this past winter. A report released in July said rates could go up by as much as 30 per cent by 2019 if current trends persist, the corporation still has to cover its costs through rates, and nothing is done to improve things.
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Premier John Horgan in late July as part of the government香蕉视频直播檚 strategy of overhauling the two corporations.
The NDP has promised to freeze hydro rates, overturning a Liberal plan that would have increased rates by 28 per cent over five years.
The review is scheduled to be complete before the government starts putting together its next budget.
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