{"id":4513,"date":"2024-02-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=4513"},"modified":"2024-02-07T03:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T08:40:35","slug":"bcs-pandemic-budget-may-wind-down-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/bcs-pandemic-budget-may-wind-down-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"BC\u2019s pandemic budget may \u201cwind down\u201d in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BC\u2019s budget and fiscal report covers a \u201cthree year fiscal plan\u201d for housing, sustainability, and healthcare. The report states, \u201cAs the funding for pandemic contingencies are set to wind down by the end of 2023\/24, it is anticipated that the Ministry of Health will wind down or integrate any services into ministry operations, as appropriate, to support the ongoing health and well-being of British Columbians.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The report did not elaborate, and <i>The Peak<\/i> reached out to the Ministry of Health for more information, who said they \u201cwill have an update to share following the release of the 2024\/25 budget at the end of next month.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>DoNoHarm BC, who advocates for safer COVID-19 protections in the province, is concerned about the effects a potential budget cut could have for residents and provides a series of recommendations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BC\u2019s budget and fiscal report covers a \u201cthree year fiscal plan\u201d for housing, sustainability, and healthcare. The report states, \u201cAs the funding for pandemic contingencies are set to wind down by the end of 2023\/24, it is anticipated that the Ministry of Health will wind down or integrate any services into ministry operations, as appropriate, to support the ongoing health and well-being of British Columbians.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The report did not elaborate, and <i>The Peak<\/i> reached out to the Ministry of Health for more information, who said they \u201cwill have an update to share following the release of the 2024\/25 budget at the end of next month.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>DoNoHarm BC, who advocates for safer COVID-19 protections in the province, is concerned about the effects a potential budget cut could have for residents and provides a series of recommendations. <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/bcs-pandemic-budget-may-wind-down-in-2024\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BC\u2019s pandemic budget may \u201cwind down\u201d in 2024<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[83,673,96,18,232,44,11,309,14],"class_list":["post-4513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-british-columbia","tag-budget-cuts","tag-canada","tag-covid-19","tag-do-no-harm-bc","tag-indoor-air-quality","tag-long-covid","tag-pro-virus-policies","tag-sars-cov-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4516,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4513\/revisions\/4516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}