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Vaughn Palmer: Budget trick just guarantees a larger deficit in B.C. next year

Opinion: In order to make the bottom line look better this year, the New Democrats have locked themselves into a course of action that seems guaranteed to produce a worse result next year

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VICTORIA — Finance Minister Brenda Bailey closed the books Monday on a budget year in which the David Eby NDP government showed further evidence of its inability to manage finances, programs and projects.

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The big surprise in the public accounts for the 2025-26 year ending March 31 was how the New Democrats fell behind schedule on building........

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