Highlights of Yukon’s territorial budget for 2024
By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on March 7, 2024.
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Liberal government tabled its 2024 budget Thursday. The $2.08-billion budget forecasts a surplus of $119 million. Here are some other key figures and projects being funded: – $484 million in capital spending – $1.595 billion in operations and maintenance costs – $27.3 million to build affordable housing – $20.1 million to build or renovate schools – $3.6 million for a new Foreign Credentials Recognition Project to integrated internationally trained health-care workers into the Yukon workforce – $2.1 million in rental subsidies for people escaping gender-based violence – $25.9 million to develop land lots across the territory – $75 million for ongoing work on the Whitehorse airport – $8.8 million to increase Yukon’s renewable energy supply, including exploring a connection to British Columbia’s energy grid 11-10
