Burden Restraint: Province Reports 7 with Fred Latremouille 1982
Channel: BC History
Date: 2020-12-13

In 1982 the BC Social Credit government created a series of pro-government short films to help with the flagging popularity of the party in power in the run-up to the next general election.

In this episode, the film looks at the costs to BC of large federal deficits..   The BC government brought in a program called restraint in which they tried to reduce government spending.   The piece points out that each Canadian's share of the federal debt is $1,000

There is a short interview with James Hewitt, Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, and Bill Vander Zalm, Minister of Education.