COVID-19 response as it presents its first budget since the start of the pandemic on Thursday.The Progressive Conservative government postponed delivering a full fiscal plan earlier this year, citing the economic uncertainty caused by the global health crisis.The fiscal update it gave instead in March included $17 billion in COVID-19 relief, a projection that was later revised to $30 billion by the end of 2020-2021.The province also initially predicted a deficit of $20.5 billion, which was later raised to $38.5 billion in light of the additional spending.