The public doesn't care because the budget will balance itself, Rob Shaw says sarcastically
It was tough to say what was more alarming in the latest financial
update from B.C.’s finance minister — the ballooning size of the
provincial deficit, or the seeming disinterest in doing anything about
it.
Katrine Conroy delivered a sobering budget update at the legislature
Wednesday, tabling a financial document dripping in red ink. Then, she
spent the better part of 40 minutes acting like that didn’t matter ...
... provincial government is now on track to rack up a deficit of more than
$14 billion over the next three years. There’s no plan to return to
balance. Nor is there any plan to trim spending, look for additional
savings or introduce new tax measures to try to shore up the worsening
financial picture ...
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