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Vaughn Palmer: Fiscal credibility shredded by Page 1 of B.C.'s 2026 budget

Opinion: Another budget, another proof that David Eby is not a fiscal manager of John Horgan's ilk

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VICTORIA — Finance Minister Brenda Bailey claimed in advance of this year’s budget that the New Democrats had gained sufficient mastery of provincial finances to ensure the deficit would “come down year over year.”

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Her fiscal credibility did not survive Tuesday’s release of Budget 2026. The truth about the deficit was there at the top of Page 1 in the budget book.

Deficit for the current financial year, the one ending March........

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