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- Moody’s Ratings downgraded British Columbia’s debt rating from Aa1 to Aa2, citing worsening fiscal management and a negative outlook.
- The agency cited 'sizable and entrenched deficits' over three years, worsened by a US trade war.
- British Columbia faces high operating costs and aging population, despite being Canada’s gateway to Asia.
- This February, BC announced 15,000 public-sector job cuts and tax increases, signaling BC’s second downgrade in two years.
