funeral homes complain of lack of funding in provincial burial programBy Canadian Press on September 28, 2025. The provincial program is meant to cover funeral costs where the estate has no resources, but the B.C. “The services that are included in the program usually would cost around double what the program pays,” Tuck says. He adds that urban funeral homes with a higher percentage of paying customers are better able to subsidize the gap in the provincial burial program funding, but rural operations do not have the same margin. Tuck says the lack of proper program funding could also lead to higher costs for the province, as transportation fees are covered under the burial program.