Editorial: Budget's estimated revenue may be wishful thinking

“A budget is more than revenue and expenses,” B.C. Finance Minister Carole James said in tabling the first New Democrat budget since 2001. “A budget is about people.”
With all due respect to the minister, a budget is by definition about revenue and expenses. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a budget as “a statement of the financial position of an administration (as of a nation) for a definite period of time based on estimates of expenditures during the period